Table 2 Patients’ responses to individual items of the general revised Patients’ Attitudes Towards Deprescribing (rPATD)
From: Older people’s attitudes towards deprescribing cardiometabolic medication
Item | Disagree & strongly disagree (%) | Unsure (%) | Strongly agree & agree (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Appropriateness (scores are not reversed for individual items) | |||
A1: I would like to try stopping one of my medicine to see how I feel without it (n = 314) | 37 | 34 | 29 |
A2: I would like my doctor to reduce the dose of one or more of my medicine (n = 313) | 33 | 41 | 26 |
A3: I feel that I may be taking one or more medicines that I no longer need (n = 313) | 44 | 39 | 17 |
A4: I believe one or more of my medicines may be currently giving me side effects (n = 313) | 58 | 19 | 23 |
A5: I think one or more of my medicines may not be working (n = 313) | 64 | 31 | 5.4 |
Burden | |||
B1: I feel that I am taking a large number of medicines (n = 313) | 22 | 42 | 36 |
B2: Taking my medicines every day is very inconvenient (n = 314) | 70 | 21 | 8.3 |
B3: I spend a lot of money on my medicines (n = 314) | 39 | 35 | 25 |
B4: Sometimes I think I take too many medicines (n = 314) | 43 | 38 | 19 |
B5: I feel that my medicines are a burden to me (n = 314) | 66 | 25 | 10 |
Concerns about stopping | |||
C1: I have bad experience when stopping a medicine before (n = 312) | 58 | 27 | 15 |
C2: I would be reluctant to stop a medicine that I had been taking for a long time (n = 313) | 21 | 24 | 55 |
C3: If one of my medicines was stopped I would be worried about missing out on future benefits (n = 313) | 28 | 35 | 36 |
C4: I get stressed whenever changes are made to my medicines (n = 313) | 60 | 25 | 14 |
C5: If my doctor recommended stopping a medicine I would feel that he/she was giving up on me (n = 312) | 77 | 16 | 7.4 |
Involvement | |||
I1: I like to be involved in making decisions about my medicines with my doctors (n = 314) | 4.8 | 13 | 82 |
I2: I have a good understanding of the reasons I was prescribed each of my medicines (n = 314) | 6.1 | 10 | 84 |
I3: I like to know as much as possible about my medicines (n = 314) | 6.1 | 30 | 64 |
I4: I always ask my doctor, pharmacist or other health care professional if there is something I don’t understand about my medicines (n = 313) | 6.7 | 12 | 81 |
I5: I know exactly what medicines I am currently taking, and/or I keep an up to date list of my medicines (n = 313) | 5.1 | 6.1 | 89 |