How do Older Adults and Caregivers Feel About Their Medications?
Patients' and Caregivers' Attitudes Towards Deprescribing in the Asian Community Setting
1 other identifier
observational
1,057
1 country
1
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.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for all trials
Started Jul 2017
Shorter than P25 for all trials
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 24, 2017
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
July 25, 2017
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
July 31, 2017
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
March 30, 2018
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
March 30, 2018
CompletedApril 4, 2018
April 1, 2018
8 months
July 24, 2017
April 3, 2018
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
rPATD questionnaire scorings
up to 9 months
Study Arms (2)
Older adults
Caregivers
Interventions
A 5-point Likert scale questionnaire consisting of 22 questions for older adults, and 19 questions of caregivers.
Eligibility Criteria
Potential participants will be selected by convenient sampling from walk-in patients/caregivers who present at the participating pharmacies seeking advice or medication.
You may qualify if:
- age at least 65 years;
- taking one or more long-term prescription medication;
- have not participated in this anonymous questionnaire previously
- 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
You may not qualify if:
- inability to complete a questionnaire in English.
- caregiver's age less than 21 years;
- caregiver's inability to complete a questionnaire in English.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Monash Universitylead
- Guardiancollaborator
- NTUC Unitycollaborator
- Watsonscollaborator
- Kwong Wai Shiu Hospitalcollaborator
- Ang Mo Kio - Thye Hua Kwan Hospitalcollaborator
- Khoo Teck Puat Hospitalcollaborator
- National University Hospital, Singaporecollaborator
- Singapore General Hospitalcollaborator
- Tan Tock Seng Hospitalcollaborator
- National Healthcare Group Pharmacycollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Multi-centres
Singapore, Singapore
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- OTHER
- Time Perspective
- PROSPECTIVE
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Principal Investigator
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 24, 2017
First Posted
July 31, 2017
Study Start
July 25, 2017
Primary Completion
March 30, 2018
Study Completion
March 30, 2018
Last Updated
April 4, 2018
Record last verified: 2018-04
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share