Association between willingness to deprescribe and health outcome priorities among U.S. older adults: Results of a national survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is not known whether older adults' willingness to deprescribe is associated with their health outcome priorities related to medications.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted from March-April 2020 using a nationally representative online panel. The survey presented two vignettes: (1) a preventive medicine; and (2) a symptom-relief medicine. Participants were asked whether they would be willing to stop each medicine if their doctor recommended it, and to rate their level of agreement with two health outcome priorities statements: "I am willing to accept the risk of future side effects … to feel better now," and "I would prefer to take fewer medicines, even if … I may not live as long or may have bothersome symptoms sometimes." Ordinal logistic regressio

SUBMITTER: Green AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9588518 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature