Table 6.

Multivariate associations between the implementation of recommendations to stop medications and patients’ attitudes towards deprescribing * (n=31)

Name of the variable	OR	P value	95% CI
rPATD global question: ‘If my doctor said it was possible, I would be willing to stop one or more of my regular medicines’ (reference: equal or higher than median agreement)†
Below median agreement	4.90	0.244	0.34 to 71.3
Alternative measurements of patients’ willingness to have medications deprescribed based on the rPATD
Concerns about stopping score (per 1-unit increase)
	1.13	0.812	0.41 to 3.13
‘I would like to try stopping one of my medicines to see how I feel without it’ (reference: equal or higher than median agreement)†
Below median agreement	2.53	0.305	0.43 to 14.89
‘I would like my doctor to reduce the dose of one or more of my medicines’ (reference: equal or higher than median agreement)†
Below median agreement	7.82	0.086	0.75 to 82.2

The analyses presented in this table used data from the OPTICA intervention group only. Despite several reminders, only a couple of GPs from the OPTICA intervention group reported this information.

*Multilevel logistic regression models adjusted for patient age and gender.

†Due to the low number of observations for which the implementation of recommendations was reported, the rPATD question was dichotomised.

GP, general practitioner; OPTICA, Optimising PharmacoTherapy In the Multimorbid Elderly in Primary CAre.