Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of a Spanish version of the revised Patients' Attitudes Towards Deprescribing (rPATD) questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Successful deprescribing depends largely on factors related to the patient. The revised Patients' Attitudes Towards Deprescribing (rPATD) questionnaire was developed with the objective of evaluating the beliefs and attitudes of older adults and caregivers towards deprescribing. The present study was designed to validate a Spanish version of the rPATD questionnaire, both the versions for older adults and for caregivers, through a qualitative validation phase and the analysis of its psychometric properties.

Design

Cross-sectional validation study.

Setting

Primary care settings in Málaga (Spain).

Participants

A sample of 120 subjects (60 patients with polypharmacy and 60 caregivers of patients with polypharmacy) were enrolled in the study.

Main outco

SUBMITTER: de Juan-Roldan JI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9024262 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature