Attitudes toward deprescribing in a middle-aged health disparities population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients' attitudes toward deprescribing are crucial to understand before developing interventions, but no such data exists in the medically underserved, health disparities population of rural Appalachian United States.

Objective(s)

Assess Appalachian women's openness to deprescribing medications and determine if polypharmacy influenced their attitudes toward deprescribing.

Methods

Before and after a cognitive behavioral therapy intervention, middle-aged Appalachian women self-reported medication use and completed the revised Patients' Attitudes Toward Deprescribing Questionnaire (rPATD). Responses were described, stratified by presence of polypharmacy.

Results

30 women completed the rPATD pre- and post-intervention (mean [SD] age 55.8 [6.6] years; 9

SUBMITTER: Martinez AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483264 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature