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A short survey about drug deprescribing

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • بيانات النشر:
      University of Malta. Medical School
    • الموضوع:
      2024
    • Collection:
      University of Malta: OAR@UM / L-Università ta' Malta
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      AIM: The main purpose of the survey is to discover practices about deprescribing of potentially inappropriate polypharmacy among doctors working within the Department of Geriatric Medicine in Malta. ; METHODS: An online questionnaire was distributed via electronic mail to all doctors more senior than foundation year 1 working within the mentioned department between August and September 2021. ; RESULTS: A response rate of 54% was obtained. Just over half of the participants admitted to deprescribe at every opportunity, with psychiatric medications being mostly deprescribed. One of the commonest reasons for deprescribing included medication not indicated. Lack of knowledge about the reason for prescription and being prescribed by others were primary barriers to deprescribing. The role of a clinical pharmacist and need for a guideline was reflected in the results. ; CONCLUSION: The importance of deprescribing is appreciated by many doctors working in geriatrics in Malta, but there is still room for improvement. ; peer-reviewed
    • Relation:
      Camilleri, D., Farrugia, F., Gauci, M., & Ferry, P. (2024). A short survey about drug deprescribing. Malta Medical Journal, 36(3), 18-22.; https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/125194
    • الدخول الالكتروني :
      https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/125194
    • Rights:
      info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder.
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