Deprescribing Blood Pressure Treatment in Long-Term Care Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the incidence of deprescribing of antihypertensive medication among older adults residing in Veterans Affairs (VA) nursing homes for long-term care and rates of deprescribing after potentially triggering events.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting and participants

Long-term care residents aged 65 years and older admitted to a VA nursing home from 2006 to 2019 and using blood pressure medication at admission.

Methods

Data were extracted from the VA electronic health record, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Minimum Data Set and Bar Code Medication Administration. Deprescribing was defined on a rolling basis as a reduction in the number or dose of antihypertensive medications, sustained for ≥2 weeks. We examined potentiall

SUBMITTER: Odden MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8627463 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature