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Deprescribing Interventions in Primary Health Care Mapped to the Behaviour Change Wheel: A Scoping Review
(Elsevier, 2021-07)
Background: Polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use are an increasing concern. Deprescribing may improve medication use through planned and supervised dose reduction or stopping of medications. As most medication ...
Formation of a Collaborative Interprofessional Primary Healthcare Deprescribing Research Team in Nova Scotia
(2019-06)
Study objective: To describe the development of a collaborative interprofessional primary health care
deprescribing research team in Nova Scotia.
Methods: Initiated by two College of Pharmacy faculty members, a core ...
Key Priorities to Implement Deprescribing in Primary Health Care in Nova Scotia: Results from the Deprescribing in Primary Health Care in Nova Scotia Knowledge Exchange Event (June 20, 2019)
(2020-03-03)
Inappropriate medication use and polypharmacy are associated with increased adverse drug reactions, hospitalizations and mortality. Deprescribing has been found to decrease the use of medications and medication costs and ...