Patient and provider perspectives on the development and resolution of prescribing cascades: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prescribing cascades occur when the side effect of a medication is treated with a second medication. The aim of the study was to understand how prescribing cascades develop and persist and to identify strategies for their identification, prevention and management.

Method

This qualitative study employed semi-structured interviews to explore the existence of prescribing cascades and to gather patients', caregivers' and clinicians' perspectives about how prescribing cascades start, persist and how they might be resolved. Participants were older adults (over age 65) at an outpatient Geriatric Day Hospital (GDH) with possible prescribing cascades (identified by a GDH team member), their caregivers, and healthcare providers. Data were analyzed using an inductive content

SUBMITTER: Farrell BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7519478 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature