Consumer Attitudes Towards Deprescribing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Harmful and/or unnecessary medication use in older adults is common. This indicates deprescribing (supervised withdrawal of inappropriate medicines) is not happening as often as it should. This study aimed to synthesize the results of the Patients' Attitudes Towards Deprescribing (PATD) questionnaire (and revised versions).

Methods

Databases were searched from January 2013 to March 2020. Google Scholar was used for citation searching of the development and validation manuscripts to identify original research using the validated PATD, revised PATD (older adult and caregiver versions), and the version for people with cognitive impairment (rPATDcog). Two authors extracted data independently. A meta-analysis of proportions (random-effects model) was conducted with sub

SUBMITTER: Weir KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9071395 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature