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Table 3 rPATD items predicting patients’ and caregivers’ lack of desire to try stopping a medicine

From: Attitudinal predictors of older peoples’ and caregivers’ desire to deprescribe in hospital

Predictor rPATD item

Unadjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval)

p-value

Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval)

p-value

Patients

 Sometimes I think I take too many medicines

0.072 (0.023–0.231)

< 0.001

0.195 (0.045–0.841)

0.028

 I feel that I may be taking one or more medicines that I no longer need

0.075 (0.025–0.229)

< 0.001

0.179 (0.044–0.726)

0.016

 I would like my doctor to reduce the dose of one or more of my medicines

0.066 (0.021–0.206)

< 0.001

0.199 (0.050–0.787)

0.021

Caregivers

 I feel that the person that I care for may be taking one or more medicines that they no longer need

0.092 (0.030–0.279)

< 0.001

0.044 (0.006–0.310)

0.002

 I would like the doctor to reduce the dose of one or more of my care recipient’s medicines

0.025 (0.007–0.094)

< 0.001

0.024 (0.004–0.137)

< 0.001