Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the realist review
| Â | Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
|---|---|---|
Context | Interventions conducted in general practice alone or in combination with community pharmacy or home visits by any HCP | Any other setting eg. secondary care or care homes |
Population | Participants aged 65Â years and over | Participants aged under 65Â years |
Participants living in their own home | Participants living in nursing/care homes | |
Intervention | Intervention for medication review with a deprescribing element (i.e., the process of tapering /dose reduction, stopping, or switching drugs, with the goal of improving outcomes) | Intervention for medication review without a clear deprescribing element |
Intervention includes a multidisciplinary aspect (i.e., a group of professionals from two or more disciplines who work on the same project or issue, independently or in parallel) | Intervention includes professionals from a single discipline (i.e., without a multidisciplinary aspect) | |
Outcome | Any process or staff/patient outcome measures based on primary data related to deprescribing | No process or outcome measure reported |
Other | Studies published in English | Studies not published in English |