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Attitudes of ambulatory care older Nepalese patients towards deprescribing and predictors of their willingness to deprescribe.
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SUBMITTER: Shrestha S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8216397 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Attitudes of ambulatory care older Nepalese patients towards deprescribing and predictors of their willingness to deprescribe.
Therapeutic advances in drug safety 20210617
<h4>Introduction</h4>Older adults continue to receive potentially inappropriate medications necessitating the need for medication optimization, by deprescribing. To ensure a holistic approach to deprescribing, it is essential to understand the perception of older adults towards deprescribing. This study aimed to assess the attitude of older ambulatory patients towards deprescribing and to identify factors predicting their willingness to deprescribe.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional survey was co ...[more]