AI Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to understand patients' views on polypharmacy and the role of a digital tool designed to help GPs conduct medication reviews.
- Through 13 qualitative interviews, seven key themes emerged, indicating patients manage their medications well, trust their healthcare providers, and generally have positive attitudes toward the digital support tool.
- The findings suggest that while patients face challenges with polypharmacy, they cope effectively and are hopeful that digital tools can clarify medication choices; future research should include a broader range of patients for more insights.
Article Abstract
Background: To investigate patients' perspectives on polypharmacy and the use of a digital decision support system to assist general practitioners (GPs) in performing medication reviews.
Methods: Qualitative interviews with patients or informal caregivers recruited from participants in a cluster-randomized controlled clinical trial (cRCT). The interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using thematic analysis.
Results: We conducted 13 interviews and identified the following seven themes: the patients successfully integrated medication use in their everyday lives, used medication plans, had both good and bad personal experiences with their drugs, regarded their healthcare providers as the main source of medication-related information, discussed medication changes with their GPs, had trusting relationships with them, and viewed the use of digital decision support tools for medication reviews positively. No unwanted adverse effects were reported.
Conclusions: Despite drug-related problems, patients appeared to cope well with their medications. They also trusted their GPs, despite acknowledging polypharmacy to be a complex field for them. The use of a digital support system was appreciated and linked to the hope that reasons for selecting specific medication regimens would become more comprehensible. Further research with a more diverse sampling might add more patient perspectives.
Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03430336 . Registered on February 6, 2018.
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