How do Older Adults and Caregivers Feel About Their Medications?

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

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03233971

Enrollment

1057

Registered

2017-07-31

Start date

2017-07-25

Completion date

2018-03-30

Last updated

2018-04-04

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Conditions

Deprescribing

Brief summary

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

Interventions

OTHERrPATD Questionnaire

A 5-point Likert scale questionnaire consisting of 22 questions for older adults, and 19 questions of caregivers.

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

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'

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
rPATD questionnaire scorings	up to 9 months

Countries

Singapore

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026