People's attitudes, beliefs, and experiences regarding polypharmacy and willingness to deprescribe

Abstract

The objective of this research was to capture people’s attitudes, beliefs, and experiences regarding the number of medications they are taking and their feelings about stopping medications. Participants were administered the 15-item Patients’ Attitudes Towards Deprescribing (PATD) questionnaire. Participants were individuals aged 18 and older (median 71.5) taking at least one regular prescription medication; 100 participants completed all items of the questionnaire, 65 of whom were aged 65 and older.