Attitudes and beliefs of patients and primary caregivers towards deprescribing in a tertiary health care facility
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Deprescriptions, Inappropriate Prescribing, Attitude, Personal Satisfaction, Health Knowledge, Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice,, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Patients, Caregivers, Surveys and Questionnaires, Cross-Sectional Studies, India
Abstract
Background: Good prescribing practices form the essence of drug therapy for better patient care. The major aim of better prescribing is to improve rational prescribing. Deprescribing gained momentum in recent decades.
Objective: This study aimed to explore the attitude and beliefs of deprescribing among patients and their caregivers forming dyads in a tertiary health care facility.
Methods: Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based prospective study done for two months. Attitude towards deprescribing was assessed by using validated rPATD (revised Patient attitude towards deprescribing) questionnaire. Cohen's kappa coefficient was used to measure the agreement between the views of people and their caregivers forming dyads about medication cessation.
Results: 312 patients and caregivers (156 forming dyads) participated in the study. Among 156 patients, 25.6% were hypertensives & 21.2% had diabetes. 41.7% were between 36-50 years of age. Only 16.7% belong to the elderly age group. 2.5% were taking >5 medications. 43.6% of patients and 62.2% of caregivers were female. 51.3% of the patients were willing to stop one or more of their regular medicine(s) under the treating physician's advice, but 62% were satisfied with their current medicine(s). 33.4% were reluctant to stop taking medicines for a long time.
Conclusions: In our study, more than 50% of people and their caregivers were willing to try medication cessation under their physician's recommendation. There was moderate agreement between patients and their caregivers in the trial of medication cessation. Thus, the results obtained from this study may help towards improving rationalized prescribing practices in the institutional setup.
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3. Corsonello A, Pranno L, Garasto S, Fabietti P, Bustacchini S, Lattanzio F. Potentially inappropriate medication in elderly hospitalized patients. Drugs Aging. 2009;26(Suppl 1):31-39. https://doi.org/10.2165/11534640-000000000-00000
4. Maher RL, Hanlon J, Hajjar ER. Clinical consequences of polypharmacy in elderly. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2014;13(1):57-65. https://doi.org/10.1517/14740338.2013.827660
5. Shah KN, Joshi HM, Christian RP, Patel KP, Malhotra SD. Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications and prescription cost analysis among older cardiac patients in an outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in India. J Basic Clin Pharm. 2016;7(4):110-115. https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-0105.189434
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8. Scott IA, Hilmer SN, Reeve E, et al. Reducing inappropriate polypharmacy: the process of deprescribing. JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(5):827-834. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.0324
9. Sweta K, Bhat D, Saraswathy GR, Maheswari E. The Views of Indian Practitioners on Deprescribing. J Gen Intern Med. 2019;34(6):828-830. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4808-9
10. Scott IA, Gray LC, Martin JH, Mitchell CA. Minimizing inappropriate medications in older populations: a 10-step conceptual framework. Am J Med. 2012;125(6):529-537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.09.021
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17. Reeve E, Wiese MD, Hendrix I, Roberts MS, Shakib S. People's attitudes, beliefs, and experiences regarding polypharmacy and willingness to Deprescribe. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013;61(9):1508-1514. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12418
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29. Shrestha S, Poudel A, Steadman K, Nissen L. Outcomes of deprescribing interventions in older patients with life-limiting illness and limited life expectancy: A systematic review. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2020;86(10):1931-1945. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.14113
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31. Williams ME, Pulliam CC, Hunter R, et al. The short-term effect of interdisciplinary medication review on function and cost in ambulatory elderly people. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004;52(1):93-98. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52016.x
32. Espeland MA, Whelton PK, Kostis JB, et al. Predictors and mediators of successful long-term withdrawal from antihypertensive medications. TONE Cooperative Research Group. Trial of Nonpharmacologic Interventions in the Elderly. Arch Fam Med. 1999;8(3):228-236. https://doi.org/10.1001/archfami.8.3.228
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36. Dharmarajan TS, Choi H, Hossain N, et al. Deprescribing as a Clinical Improvement Focus. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020;21(3):355-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2019.08.031
37. Khairnar M, Naveen Kumar P, Kusumakar A. Updated BG prasad socioeconomic status classification for the year 2021. J Indian Assoc Public Health Dent. 2021;19:155. https://doi.org/10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_52_21
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