Article: The potential for deprescribing in a palliative oncology patient population: a cross-sectional study.
European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
2023 Volume 31, Issue 1, Page(s) 10–15
Abstract: Objectives: The use of preventive medication in palliative oncology patients may be inappropriate due to limited life expectancy. Deprescribing tools are available but time-consuming and not always tailored to this specific population. Our primary goal ... ...
Abstract | Objectives: The use of preventive medication in palliative oncology patients may be inappropriate due to limited life expectancy. Deprescribing tools are available but time-consuming and not always tailored to this specific population. Our primary goal was to identify potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in palliative oncology patients with a life expectancy of up to 2 years using an adapted deprescribing tool. Our secondary aim was to identify patient characteristics associated with the presence of PIMs. Methods: Oncology patients with a life expectancy of up to 2 years were included cross-sectionally. An adapted deprescribing tool was developed to identify PIMs. Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with having PIMs. Results: A total of 218 patients were included in this study of which 56% had at least one PIM with a population mean of 1.1 PIM per patient. Most frequently defined PIMs were antihypertensive drugs and gastric acid inhibitors. Identification of PIMs by review took an estimated 5-10 min per patient. Polypharmacy, age >65 years and inpatient/outpatient status were found to be associated with having at least one PIM. Conclusions: Deprescribing is possible in more than half of palliative oncology patients with a life expectancy of up to 2 years. The adapted deprescribing tool used is non-time consuming and suitable for palliative oncology patients, regardless of age. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Aged ; Deprescriptions ; Inappropriate Prescribing/prevention & control ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Potentially Inappropriate Medication List ; Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Neoplasms/epidemiology |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-12-27 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2650179-X |
ISSN | 2047-9964 ; 2047-9956 |
ISSN (online) | 2047-9964 |
ISSN | 2047-9956 |
DOI | 10.1136/ejhpharm-2021-003143 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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