MediQuit - an electronic deprescribing tool: a pilot study in German primary care; GPs' and patients' perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

General practitioners (GPs) are the central coordinators for patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy in most health care systems. They are entrusted with the challenging task of deprescribing when inappropriate polypharmacy is present. MediQuit (MQu) is a newly developed electronic tool that guides through a deprescribing consultation. It facilitates the identification of a medicine to be discontinued (stage 1), a shared decision-making process weighing the pros and cons (stage 2), and equips patients with take-home instructions on how to discontinue the drug and monitor its impact (stage 3). We here aim to evaluate utility and acceptance of MQu from GPs' and patients' perspectives.

Methods

Uncontrolled feasibility study, in which 16 GPs from two regions in

SUBMITTER: Michiels-Corsten M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9511770 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature