作者
Emily Reeve, Josephine To, Ivanka Hendrix, Sepehr Shakib, Michael S Roberts, Michael D Wiese
发表日期
2013/10
来源
Drugs & aging
卷号
30
页码范围
793-807
出版商
Springer International Publishing
简介
Background
Inappropriate medication use is common in the elderly and the risks associated with their use are well known. The term deprescribing has been utilised to describe the complex process that is required for the safe and effective cessation of inappropriate medications. Given the primacy of the consumer in health care, their views must be central in the development of any deprescribing process.
Objectives
The aim of this study was to identify barriers and enablers that may influence a patient’s decision to cease a medication.
Data sources
A systematic search of MEDLINE, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, EMBASE, CINAHL, Informit and Scopus was conducted and augmented with a manual search. Numerous search terms relating to withdrawal of medications and consumers’ beliefs were utilised …
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