Predictors of medicine-related perceptions towards deprescribing inappropriate medications among older adult outpatients in Jordan: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To examine the predictors of medicine-related perceptions towards deprescribing inappropriate medications among older adults in Jordan.

Design: A cross-sectional, correlational study.

Setting: Data were collected by a graduate nursing student from five outpatient clinics in a selected public hospital in Jordan via inperson interviews 5 days a week over a period of 4 months.

Healthcare provider-related perceptions toward deprescribing inappropriate medications among older adult outpatients.

Objectives: To examine healthcare provider-related perceptions toward deprescribing inappropriate medications among older adults.

Methods: A cross-sectional, correlational study used a convenience sample of outpatient older adults to measure their perception toward deprescribing using a Patient's Perceptions of Deprescribing (PPoD), which include 57 multiple-choice questions related to patients' sociodemographic data, health, medicines, healthcare providers, and experience of care provided by the clinic. Data were collected by a graduate nursing student from one pharmacy in a public hospital, five days per week, via in-person interviews.