Understanding older patients’ willingness to have medications deprescribed in primary care: a protocol for a cross-sectional survey study in nine European countries

Understanding older patients’ willingness to have medications deprescribed in primary care: a protocol for a cross-sectional survey study in nine European countries

Abstract Introduction To reduce inappropriate polypharmacy, deprescribing should be part of patients’ regular care. Yet deprescribing is difficult to implement, as shown in several studies. Understanding patients’ attitudes towards deprescribing at the individual and country level may reveal effecti...

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Main Authors: Renata Vidonscky Lüthold, Katharina Tabea Jungo, Kristie Rebecca Weir, Anne-Kathrin Geier, Beatrice Scholtes, Donata Kurpas, Dorothea M. G. Wild, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Hans Thulesius, Heidrun Lingner, Radost Assenova, Rosalinde K. E. Poortvliet, Vanja Lazic, Zsofia Rozsnyai, Sven Streit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-11-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Deprescribing
Polypharmacy
Primary care
Survey study
Older adults
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03562-x

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03562-x

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