How do Older Adults and Caregivers Feel About Their Medications?

NCT03233971 — Completed, 1057 participants, Monash University

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Patients' and Caregivers' Attitudes Towards Deprescribing in the Asian Community Setting

Registry	NCT03233971
Status	Completed
Study type	Observational
Enrollment	1057 (Actual)
Sponsor	Monash University (Other); collaborators: Guardian, NTUC Unity, Watsons, Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital, Ang Mo Kio - Thye Hua Kwan Hospital, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore General Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, National Healthcare Group Pharmacy
Conditions	Deprescribing
Interventions	rPATD Questionnaire (Other)
Dates	start 2017-07-25, primary completion 2018-03-30, completion 2018-03-30, first posted 2017-07-31, last updated 2018-04-04
Locations	1 site in Singapore

-Summary

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

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+Arms and interventions

Arm	Type	Interventions	Description
Older adults		Other: rPATD Questionnaire
Caregivers		Other: rPATD Questionnaire

rPATD Questionnaire (Other): A 5-point Likert scale questionnaire consisting of 22 questions for older adults, and 19 questions of caregivers.

+Outcome measures

Primary outcomes

rPATD questionnaire scorings [up to 9 months]

+Eligibility

Sex: All, ages: 65 Years to any

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)

Facility	City	Country	Status
Multi-centres	Singapore	Singapore

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