Status:
COMPLETED
How do Older Adults and Caregivers Feel About Their Medications?
Lead Sponsor:
Monash University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Guardian
NTUC Unity
Conditions:
Deprescribing
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
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.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 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
- 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.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 25 2017
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 30 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
1057 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03233971
Start Date
July 25 2017
End Date
March 30 2018
Last Update
April 4 2018
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Singapore, Singapore