🚀 New study in JAMA Network Open explores #barriers to #deprescribing #benzodiazepines in hospital physicians and GPs across 6 European countries—the first multinational, theory-based investigation on this topic! 📖 Read more: lnkd.in/e7__ead7 #Deprescribing #Geriatrics #MedicationSafety
Anne Spinewine
@aspinewine.bsky.social
Clinical pharmacist, researcher and teacher. Optimising medication use in clinical practice; reducing medication overuse through deprescribing; leveraging implementation science to make change happen.
doi.org/10.1111/phn.... In this systematic review, we found that Health Behavior Theories have been little used to explain and predict #deprescribing outcomes. Combining the main #HBT constructs reported in the literature offers a better explanation of the (intention to) engage in deprescribing.