Deprescribing medications for older adults in the primary care context: A mixed studies review.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This review investigates the factors that influence deprescribing of medications in primary care from the perspective of general practitioners (GPs) and community-living older adults.

Methods

A mixed studies review structure was adopted searching Scopus, CINAHL, PsychINFO, ProQuest, and PubMed from January 2000 to December 2017. A manual search of reference lists was also conducted. Studies were included if they were original research available in English and explored general deprescribing rather than deprescribing of a specific class of medications. The Mixed Methods Assessment Tool was used to assess the quality of studies, and content analysis generated common categories across studies.

Results

Thirty-eight articles were included, and 7 key categories were ide

SUBMITTER: Gillespie RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6266366 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature