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Evaluation of physicians’ knowledge of deprescribing, deprescribing tools and assessment of factors affecting deprescribing process

BMC Primary Care, 2023
Background  Polypharmacy is a common global health concern in the older population. Deprescribing has been acknowledged as an important aspect of medication use review that helps to reduce polypharmacy, inappropriate medication uses and medication ...
Wuraola Akande-Sholabi, Comfort O. Ajilore, Temitope Ilori   +2 more
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Barriers and facilitators to deprescribing of cardiovascular medications: a systematic review [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective To synthesise the current knowledge on barriers and facilitators to deprescribing cardiovascular medications (CVMs) at the levels of patients, informal caregivers and healthcare providers (HCPs).Design/setting We conducted a systematic review ...
Nicolas Rodondi, Carole Elodie Aubert, Laureline Brunner   +2 more
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Deprescribing: What is the gold standard? Themes that characterized the discussions at the first Danish symposium on evidence-based deprescribing

Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2022
The first Danish symposium on evidence-based deprescribing was held in September 2019. The symposium aimed to increase the awareness of deprescribing in general, to discuss the importance of deprescribing, and, thus, a potential consensus on key issues ...
Lykke I. Kaas Oldenburg, Dagmar Dalin, Anne Mette Drastrup, Charlotte Vermehren   +3 more
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Perspectives on Deprescribing in long-term care: qualitative findings from nurses, aides, residents, and proxies

BMC Nursing, 2023
Background Deprescribing initiatives in the long-term care (LTC) setting are often unsuccessful or not sustained. Prior research has considered how physicians and pharmacists feel about deprescribing, yet little is known about the perspectives of ...
Milta O. Little, Emily J. Hecker, Cathleen S. Colon-Emeric, Laurie Herndon, Eleanor S. McConnell, Tingzhong Michelle Xue, Sarah D. Berry   +6 more
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General practitioner attitudes and confidence to deprescribing for elderly patients

Geriatric Care, 2020
Deprescribing is a patient-centered process of medication withdrawal intended to achieve improved health outcomes through discontinuation of one or more medications that are either potentially harmful or no longer required.
Pier Riccardo Rossi, Sarah E. Hegarty, Vittorio Maio, Marco Lombardi, Andrea Pizzini, Aldo Mozzone, Marzio Uberti, Simonetta Miozzo   +7 more
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Deprescribing Statins and Proton Pump Inhibitors in Nursing Home Residents; a Pragmatic Exploratory Study

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2021
Introduction Polypharmacy is common in the frail nursing home population and associated with an increased risk of adverse events, unplanned hospitalizations, and increased all-cause mortality.
Anne G. R. Visser MD, Jos M. G. A. Schols MD,, Mathieu A. L. M. Prevoo MD, Rob Janknegt PhD, Bjorn Winkens PhD   +4 more
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Teaching Deprescribing and Combating Polypharmacy in the Pharmacy Curriculum: Educational Recommendations from Thematic Analysis of Focus Groups

Clinics and Practice, 2023
In the last two decades in the United States (US), the previous research has focused on medication optimization, including polypharmacy. Polypharmacy is associated with several negative outcomes, which may be resolved by deprescribing medications that ...
Devin Scott, Alina Cernasev, Rachel E. Barenie, Sydney P. Springer, David R. Axon   +4 more
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Knowledge and Attitudes of Student Pharmacists Regarding Polypharmacy and Deprescribing: A Cross-Sectional Study

Pharmacy, 2020
Pharmacists play a key role in deprescribing medications. Incorporation of this concept into pharmacy school curricula is important in ensuring that graduates can address the complex needs of an aging population.
Collin M. Clark, Mary Hejna, Elaine Shao, Jaime L. Maerten-Rivera, Scott V. Monte, Robert G. Wahler   +5 more
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Weighing the necessities and concerns of deprescribing among older ambulatory patients and primary care trainees: a qualitative study

BMC Primary Care, 2023
Background Deprescribing can be a challenging and complex process, particularly for early career doctors such as primary care trainees. To date, there is limited data from patients’ and doctors’ perspectives regarding the deprescribing of medications in ...
Sheron Sir Loon Goh, Pauline Siew Mei Lai, Siti Nurkamilla Ramdzan, Kit Mun Tan   +3 more
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The effects of in-hospital deprescribing on potential prescribing omission in hospitalized elderly patients with polypharmacy

Scientific Reports, 2021
No studies to investigate the effect of a deprescribing intervention on the occurrence of potential prescribing omissions (PPOs) among elderly patients with polypharmacy have been conducted.
Miho Kaminaga, Junpei Komagamine, Shinpei Tatsumi   +2 more
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