From: Older people’s attitudes towards deprescribing cardiometabolic medication
Total | Diabetes areaa | Cardiovascular areaa | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of participants | 314 | 91 | 223 |
Age (years), median (IQR) | 76 (IQR:73–80) | 76 (IQR:73–80) | 75 (IQR:73–80) |
Sex, n (%) | |||
Female | 118 (38%) | 34 (37%) | 84 (38%) |
Male | 192 (61%) | 57 (63%) | 135 (61%) |
Unknown | 4 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (2%) |
Number of medication, n (%) | |||
1–5 | 151 (48%) | 35 (38%) | 116 (52%) |
6–10 | 137 (44%) | 43 (47%) | 94 (42%) |
> 10 | 26 (8%) | 13 (14%) | 13 (6%) |
Satisfaction with medicationb | |||
Agree, n (%) | 250 (80%) | 76 (84%) | 174 (78%) |
Neutral, n (%) | 45 (14%) | 8 (9%) | 37 (17%) |
Disagree, n (%) | 19 (6%) | 7 (8%) | 12 (5%) |
Willingness to stopc | |||
Agree, n (%) | 276 (88%) | 83 (91%) | 193 (87%) |
Neutral, n (%) | 22 (7%) | 5 (5%) | 17 (8%) |
Disagree, n (%) | 16 (5%) | 3 (3%) | 13 (6%) |
Burden | |||
Mean (SD) | 2.6 (0.62) | 2.7 (0.69) | 2.6 (0.58) |
Agree, n (%) | 29 (9%) | 15 (17%) | 14 (6%) |
Neutral, n (%) | 150 (48%) | 38 (42%) | 112 (50%) |
Disagree, n (%) | 134 (43%) | 37 (41%) | 97 (44%) |
Appropriateness | |||
Mean (SD) | 3.7 (0.65) | 3.6 (0.74) | 3.7 (0.60) |
Agree, n (%) | 128 (41%) | 39 (43%) | 89 (40%) |
Neutral, n (%) | 148 (47%) | 41 (45%) | 107 (48%) |
Disagree, n (%) | 36 (12%) | 11 (12%) | 25 (11%) |
Concerns | |||
Mean (SD) | 2.7 (0.62) | 2.7 (0.67) | 2.7 (0.59) |
Agree, n (%) | 22 (7%) | 6 (7%) | 16 (7%) |
Neutral, n (%) | 165 (53%) | 49 (54%) | 116 (53%) |
Disagree, n (%) | 123 (40%) | 35 (39%) | 88 (40%) |
Involvement | |||
Mean (SD) | 3.9 (0.60) | 3.9 (0.59) | 4.0 (0.60) |
Agree, n (%) | 266 (85%) | 75 (82%) | 191 (86%) |
Neutral, n (%) | 35 (11%) | 12 (13%) | 23 (10%) |
Disagree, n (%) | 11 (4%) | 4 (4%) | 7 (3%) |