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. 2018 Oct 12;19:169. doi: 10.1186/s12875-018-0856-9

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participating GPs (n = 157)

Baseline characteristics
Female, n (%) 42 (27)
Age, years (SD) 56 (8)
Experience as GP, years (SD) 20 (9)
Number of consultations on average per working day, n (%)
  < 15 12 (7)
 15–25 67 (43)
 26–35 61 (39)
  > 35 17 (11)
How often do you see/treat patients > 70 with multimorbidity and polypharmacy? n (%)
 very rarely 1 (1)
 rarely 3 (2)
 occasionally 17 (11)
 frequently 89 (57)
 very frequently 46 (29)
How often do you deal with the topic of deprescribing medications in your daily practice? n (%)
 very rarely 0 (0)
 rarely 0 (0)
 occasionally 25 (16)
 frequently 95 (61)
 very frequently 36 (23)
How often do you deprescribe medications during consultations with your patients in your daily practice? n (%)
 very rarely 0 (0)
 rarely 8 (5)
 occasionally 101 (65)
 frequently 39 (25)
 very frequently 8 (5)