Evidence for deprescription in primary care through an umbrella review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a high prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescriptions in primary care. This is associated with more frequent adverse events, lower quality of life and more frequent visits to hospital accident & emergency departments. The aim of the present study is to summarise available evidence on the effectiveness of deprescription interventions in primary care, and to describe the barriers and enablers of the process from the point of view of patients and healthcare professionals.

Methods

We designed an umbrella review which includes nine systematic reviews. More than 50% of included studies were performed with adults in primary care. Two reviewers independently performed data extraction and analysis.

Results

In considering studies of the effectiveness

SUBMITTER: Olry de Labry Lima A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7278115 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature