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  • Titulo Artículo: A Young Clinician's Perspective on Deprescribing in Elderly Patients A Pilot Study
  • Resumen: Background: Young doctors have various barriers and hesitations towards de-prescribing. This study was planned to assess Young Clinician's perspective on deprescribing in elderly population from India. Methodology: Observation cross-sectional study done in a tertiary care hospital of Western Maharashtra. A web link consisting of 12 survey questions was shared on smart phones of postgraduates working in clinical specialties. Attitudes, knowledge, barriers and approach towards deprescribing were assessed. Results: Out of 64 doctors 30 doctors responded and completed the survey. Mean age was 32.6 years. Most common cause for deprescribing was to reduce the adverse drug reactions (76.33%), lack of definite indication (63.33%). Most common drug to be de-prescribed were multivitamins (70.66%), benzodiazepines (46.66%) and antiplatelets (43.33%). The most common barrier for de-prescribing was altering the prescription of another doctor (56.66%), lack of time and concerns on the adverse effect (36.66%). Ninety percent of the doctors were not aware of any deprescribing criteria and 70% did not have any specific approach. Conclusion: Deprescribing of drugs is a very important concept, which needs to be included in training the undergraduate medical students, postgraduate medical students and Pharmacy students.
  • Autores: Shankar S., Suryakant, Manrai Manish, Vasdev Vivek, Singhal Anuj, Yadav A. K., Aggarwal Vivek, .
  • Titulo Revista: Journal of Marine Medical Society, .
  • Numero: 1
  • Volumen:24
  • Fecha de publicación: 2022.
  • Base de Datos Bibliográfica: Otra , .
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  • Idioma: Inglés
  • Página Inicial: 62 Página Final: 66
  • ISBN: 2589-1235