Table 5.
Patients’ and caregivers’ willingness to have medications deprescribed assessed with ‘revised Patients’ Attitudes Towards Deprescribing’ (rPATD) questionnairea
| OPTICA patients (n = 298) | Caregivers of OPTICA participants with cognitive impairment (n = 16) | |
|---|---|---|
| “Overall, I am satisfied with my current medicines” (%) and respectively “Overall, I am satisfied with my care recipient’s current medicines” | ||
| Strongly agree | 215 (72.2) | 11 (68.7) |
| Agree | 64 (21.5) | 5 (31.3) |
| Unsure | 4 (1.3) | - |
| Disagree | 11 (3.7) | - |
| Strongly disagree | 4 (1.3) | - |
| “If my doctor said it was possible I would be willing to stop one or more of my regular medicines” (%) and respectively “If their doctor said it was possible I would be willing to stop one or more of my care recipient’s medicines” | ||
| Strongly agree | 224 (75.2) | 10 (62.5) |
| Agree | 38 (12.8) | 3 (18.8) |
| Unsure | 9 (3.0) | 1 (6.3) |
| Disagree | 14 (4.7) | 1 (6.3) |
| Strongly disagree | 13 (4.4) | 1 (6.3) |
| Factor scores | ||
| Involvement: Median involvement in medication management score (IQR) | 4.8 (4.2–5.0) | 4 (3.4–5.0) |
| [range: 1–5, the higher the score the more ‘involved’ patients are with their medications and caregivers with the medications of the person they care for] | ||
| Burden: Median perceived burden of medications score (IQR) | 2.2 (1.6–2.8) | 2.3 (1.3–3.8) |
| [range: 1–5, the higher the score the more burdensome patients and caregivers perceive/view/experience the medications to be] | ||
| Appropriateness: Median belief in appropriateness of medications score (IQR) | 3.8 (3.4–4.2) | 3.8 (3.4–4.2) |
| [range: 1–5, the higher the score the more appropriate patients respectively caregivers perceive/view/experience the medications] | ||
| Concerns about stopping: Median concerns about stopping medications score (IQR) | 1.6 (1.0–2.4) | 1.2 (0.8–1.6) |
| [range: 1–5, the higher the score the potential concerns patients respective caregivers have about stopping one or more of the medications] | ||
Abbreviations: OPTICA Optimizing PharmacoTherapy in older multimorbid adults In primary CAre, rPATD Revised Patients’ Attitudes Towards Deprescribing
aReeve, E., Low, L. F., Shakib, S., & Hilmer, S. N. (2016). Development and Validation of the Revised Patients’ Attitudes Towards Deprescribing (rPATD) Questionnaire: Versions for Older Adults and Caregivers. Drugs & Aging, 33(12), 913–928. Since the scores were not normally distributed we decided to present the medians