Development of a deprescribing manual for frail older people for use in the COFRAIL study and in primary care

• Main Authors: Nina-Kristin Mann (Author), Sven Schmiedl (Author), Achim Mortsiefer (Author), Veronika Bencheva (Author), Susanne Löscher (Author), Manuela Ritzke (Author), Eva Drewelow (Author), Gregor Feldmeier (Author), Sara Santos (Author), Stefan Wilm (Author), Petra A. Thürmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Many older adults are affected by multimorbidity and subsequent polypharmacy which is associated with adverse outcomes. This is especially relevant for frail older patients. Polypharmacy may be reduced via deprescribing. As part of the complex intervention in the COFRAIL study, we deve...