How do Older Adults and Caregivers Feel About Their Medications?

Monash University1,057 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study is to study patients' and caregivers' perspectives towards deprescribing using the Revised Patients' Attitudes Towards Deprescribing (rPATD) questionnaire.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

1,057

Conditions

Deprescribing

Interventions

rPATD QuestionnaireOTHER

A 5-point Likert scale questionnaire consisting of 22 questions for older adults, and 19 questions of caregivers.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Older adults' inclusion criteria: * age at least 65 years; * taking one or more long-term prescription medication; * have not participated in this anonymous questionnaire previously * Caregivers' inclusion criteria: * currently an informal caregiver for an older adult (defined as having any role in a family member or friend's management of health and/or medications); * care recipient must be at least 65 years of age and taking one or more long-term prescription medication; * have not participated in this anonymous questionnaire previously Exclusion Criteria: * Older adults' exclusion criteria: * inability to complete a questionnaire in English. * Caregivers' exclusion criteria: * caregiver's age less than 21 years; * caregiver's inability to complete a questionnaire in English.

Locations (1)

Multi-centres

Singapore, Singapore

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

rPATD questionnaire scorings

Time frame: up to 9 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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