Older Patient and Caregiver Perspectives on Medication Value and Deprescribing: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Shared decision making is essential to deprescribing unnecessary or harmful medications in older adults, yet patients' and caregivers' perspectives on medication value and how this affects their willingness to discontinue a medication are poorly understood. We sought to identify the most significant factors that impact the perceived value of a medication from the perspective of patients and caregivers.

Design

Qualitative study using focus groups conducted in September and October 2018.

Setting

Participants from the Pepper Geriatric Research Registry (patients) and the Pitt+Me Registry (caregivers) maintained by the University of Pittsburgh.

Participants

Six focus groups of community-dwelling adults aged 65 years or older, or their caregivers, prescri

SUBMITTER: Pickering AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7252489 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature