SynthesisThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2022
Consumer Attitudes Towards Deprescribing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06212713 (Development and Validation of a Health Behaviour Theory-based Questionnaire to Explore the Willingness of Older Adults and Informal Caregivers to Deprescribe), which is not on this map. Cited by 62 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Development and Validation of a Health Behaviour Theory-based Questionnaire to Explore the Willingness of Older Adults and Informal Caregivers to Deprescribe
Who cites it
62 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 108 citations in OpenAlex.
- Deprescribing statins for adults 65 years of age and older: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2026Guideline
- Withdrawal of antihypertensive drugs in older people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Differences in Older Patients' Attitudes Toward Deprescribing at Contextual and Individual Level.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Behavioral Determinants of Older Adults' and Caregivers' Willingness to Deprescribe: A Systematic Review.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a pharmacist-led deprescribing intervention in older inpatients: an implementation study with retrospective control group.European geriatric medicine · 2026Trial
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- Ethical Aspects of Physician Decision-Making for Deprescribing Among Older Adults With Dementia.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
- Deprescribing Anticholinergic and Sedative Drugs to Reduce Polypharmacy in Frail Older Adults Living in the Community: A Randomized Controlled Trial.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2023Trial
- Harm and Medication-Type Impact Agreement with Hypothetical Deprescribing Recommendations: a Vignette-Based Experiment with Older Adults Across Four Countries.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Trial
- Deprescribing Medications Among Older Adults From End of Hospitalization Through Postacute Care: A Shed-MEDS Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA internal medicine · 2023Trial
- Patients' perspectives on deprescribing in swedish primary care: an exploratory survey study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Article
- Association Between Trust in Healthcare Providers and Readiness to Deprescribe in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study in the United States and Japan.Journal of general and family medicine · 2026Article
- Attitudes Toward Deprescribing Among Older Adults Seeking Care in the Emergency Department.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2026Article
- Implementing a conversation-starter tool to empower people with dementia and carers to have medicine conversations: a pilot and feasibility study.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
- Deprescribing Decisions in Swiss Primary Care: Low Concordance Between General Practitioners and Older Adults.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Healthcare professionals' attitudes toward deprescribing in older adults with limited life expectancy in an Ethiopian teaching hospital: a cross-sectional study.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Latent class patterns of medication attitudes and their correlates among older adults in the United States.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Barriers to and facilitators of deprescribing for older people in secondary care in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative study using a theory-based approach.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Deprescribing in Older People: A Clinical Practice Guideline Summary.The Medical journal of Australia · 2026Article
- Willingness to Participate in Deprescribing Trials: A Survey of Older Adults in Two Countries.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundHarmful and/or unnecessary medication use in older adults is common. This indicates deprescribing (supervised withdrawal of inappropriate medicines) is not happening as often as it should. This study aimed to synthesize the results of the Patients' Attitudes Towards Deprescribing (PATD) questionnaire (and revised versions).
methodsDatabases were searched from January 2013 to March 2020. Google Scholar was used for citation searching of the development and validation manuscripts to identify original research using the validated PATD, revised PATD (older adult and caregiver versions), and the version for people with cognitive impairment (rPATDcog). Two authors extracted data independently. A meta-analysis of proportions (random-effects model) was conducted with subgroup meta-analyses for setting and population. The primary outcome was the question: "If my doctor said it was possible, I would be willing to stop one or more of my medicines." Secondary outcomes were associations between participant characteristics and primary outcome and other (r)PATD results.
resultsWe included 46 articles describing 40 studies (n = 10,816 participants). The meta-analysis found the proportion of participants who agreed or strongly agreed with this statement was 84% (95% CI 81%-88%) and 80% (95% CI 74%-86%) in patients and caregivers, respectively, with significant heterogeneity (I2 = 95% and 77%).
conclusionConsumers reported willingness to have a medication deprescribed although results should be interpreted with caution due to heterogeneity. The findings from this study moves toward understanding attitudes toward deprescribing, which could increase the discussion and uptake of deprescribing recommendations in clinical practice.
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