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Healthcare provider-related perceptions toward deprescribing inappropriate medications among older adult outpatients

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  • Mohammad Jamil Rababa
  • Ali Al Ghazo

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Objectives: To examine healthcare provider-related perceptions toward deprescribing inappropriate medications among older adults. Methods: A cross-sectional, correlational study used a convenience sample of outpatient older adults to measure their perception toward deprescribing using a Patient’s Perceptions of Deprescribing (PPoD), which include 57 multiple-choice questions related to patients’ sociodemographic data, health, medicines, healthcare providers, and experience of care provided by the clinic. Data were collected by a graduate nursing student from one pharmacy in a public hospital, five days per week, via in-person interviews. Results: Data were analyzed for 200 participants. The level of patient collaboration with their primary care providers (PCPs) is linked to their trust in PCPs, beliefs about medication use, PCP knowledge, and medication concerns (p

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  • Mohammad Jamil Rababa & Ali Al Ghazo, 2024. "Healthcare provider-related perceptions toward deprescribing inappropriate medications among older adult outpatients," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(11), pages 1-13, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0312762
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312762
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