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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 62-66 |
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A young clinician's perspective on deprescribing in elderly patients: A pilot study
Vivek Aggarwal1, S Shankar1, Suryakant2, Manish Manrai1, Vivek Vasdev3, Anuj Singhal1, AK Yadav4
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India
2 O/o DGAFMS, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India
3 Department of Geriatrics, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India
4 Department of Community Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Col (Dr) Vivek Aggarwal
Department of Internal Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - 411 040, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jmms.jmms_38_20
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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.
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