How do Older Adults and Caregivers Feel About Their Medications?

Deprescribing Clinical Trial

Official title:

Patients' and Caregivers' Attitudes Towards Deprescribing in the Asian Community Setting

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03233971
• Other study ID #: 2017-8872
• Status: Completed
• First received: July 24, 2017
• Last updated: April 3, 2018
• Start date: July 25, 2017
• Est. completion date: March 30, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: April 2018
• Source: Monash University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to study patients' and caregivers' perspectives towards deprescribing using the Revised Patients' Attitudes Towards Deprescribing (rPATD) questionnaire.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1057
• Est. completion date: March 30, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: March 30, 2018
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Older adults' inclusion criteria:

• age at least 65 years;

• taking one or more long-term prescription medication;

• have not participated in this anonymous questionnaire previously

• Caregivers' inclusion criteria:

• currently an informal caregiver for an older adult (defined as having any role in a family member or friend's management of health and/or medications);

• care recipient must be at least 65 years of age and taking one or more long-term prescription medication;

• have not participated in this anonymous questionnaire previously

Exclusion Criteria:

• Older adults' exclusion criteria:

• inability to complete a questionnaire in English.

• Caregivers' exclusion criteria:

• caregiver's age less than 21 years;

• caregiver's inability to complete a questionnaire in English.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Deprescribing

Intervention

Other:
• rPATD Questionnaire
A 5-point Likert scale questionnaire consisting of 22 questions for older adults, and 19 questions of caregivers.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Singapore	Multi-centres	Singapore

Sponsors (11)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Monash University	Ang Mo Kio Thye Hua Kwan Hospital, Guardian, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital, National Healthcare Group Pharmacy, National University Hospital, Singapore, NTUC Unity, Singapore General Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Watsons

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Singapore, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	rPATD questionnaire scorings		up to 9 months