{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,6]],"date-time":"2026-03-06T03:59:29Z","timestamp":1772769569479,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Termedia Sp. z.o.o.","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Arch Med Sci"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,20]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Introduction<\/jats:title><jats:p>Deprescribing is the process of tapering or stopping medications aiming at improving patient outcomes and optimising current therapy.\nSome studies have tried to identify which patients will have inappropriate\nmedication deprescribed, but none have found any association with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, number of prescribed medications\nor duration of medication. Our aim was to determine Portuguese elderly patients\u2019 attitudes and beliefs regarding medication use and their willingness\nto have regular medications deprescribed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Material and methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We conducted a  cross-sectional study in triangulation in primary care centres from mainland Portugal and its autonomous\nregions. We used a  random sample of 386 polymedicated older adult patients who answered the questionnaire between October 2018 and February\n2019. For the quantitative analysis, we used sociodemographic characteristics, clinical profile and medication. For the qualitative analysis, we studied\nan included open question by coding participants\u2019 answers; common codes\nwere grouped together. A convergent mixed methods design was used.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>74.0% expressed the belief that medicines were generally beneficial. 19.9% reported a strong belief that medicines were harmful and 33.4%\nthat they were overused. 61.8% were against the idea of deprescribing and\n24.6% were in favour of deprescription. Those against the idea had a lower\neducation level (p = 0.006) and a higher number of self-perceived morbidities (p = 0.001) than those not against it.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Medication benefits were accepted by the majority of patients\nwho also were against the idea of deprescribing. It is important that doctors\nare aware of this reality, namely in the primary care setting, addressing the\npatients\u2019 fears and beliefs and making the deprescribing process possible.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.5114\/aoms\/133523","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,22]],"date-time":"2021-03-22T22:03:38Z","timestamp":1616450618000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Elderly patients and the idea of having medication deprescribed: a mixed method study in Portuguese primary health care"],"prefix":"10.5114","author":[{"given":"Pedro Augusto","family":"Sim\u00f5es","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilh\u00e3, Portugal"},{"name":"ARS Centro, USF Pulsar, Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Luiz Miguel","family":"Santiago","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Coimbra, Faculty of Medicine, Coimbra, Portugal"},{"name":"CEISUC \u2013 Center for Health Studies and Research, Coimbra, Portugal"},{"name":"General Practice\/Family Medicine University Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Coimbra,\nPortugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1787-4586","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Beatriz","family":"Xavier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nursing School of Coimbra, Portugal"},{"name":"UICISA: E - Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9 Augusto","family":"Sim\u00f5es","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilh\u00e3, Portugal"},{"name":"CINTESIS \u2013 Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Service, Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"ARS Centro, Coordination of Medical Residency in General Practice\/Family Medicine\nin the Central Zone, Coimbra, Portugal"}]}],"member":"3061","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,20]]},"container-title":["Archives of Medical Science"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.archivesofmedicalscience.com\/pdf-133523-63859","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.archivesofmedicalscience.com\/pdf-133523-63859","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,29]],"date-time":"2021-10-29T14:14:20Z","timestamp":1635516860000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.archivesofmedicalscience.com\/Elderly-patients-and-the-idea-of-having-medication-deprescribed-a-mixed-method-study,133523,0,2.html"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,20]]},"references-count":0,"alternative-id":["133523"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5114\/aoms\/133523","relation":{},"ISSN":["1734-1922","1896-9151"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1734-1922","type":"print"},{"value":"1896-9151","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,20]]}}}