Barriers and enablers for deprescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists in older adults: a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies using the …

P Evrard, C Pétein, JB Beuscart, A Spinewine - Implementation Science, 2022 - Springer
Background Many strategies aimed at deprescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists
(BZRA) in older adults have already been evaluated with various success rates. There is so …

A systems approach to identifying the challenges of implementing deprescribing in older adults across different health-care settings and countries: a narrative review

M Sawan, E Reeve, J Turner, A Todd… - Expert review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: There is increasing recognition of the need for deprescribing of inappropriate
medications in older adults. However, efforts to encourage implementation of deprescribing …

Interrupted time series analysis using autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models: a guide for evaluating large-scale health interventions

AL Schaffer, TA Dobbins, SA Pearson - BMC medical research …, 2021 - Springer
Background Interrupted time series analysis is increasingly used to evaluate the impact of
large-scale health interventions. While segmented regression is a common approach, it is …

Is benzodiazepine use associated with the risk of dementia and cognitive impairment–not dementia in older persons? The Canadian study of health and aging

M Nafti, C Sirois, E Kröger… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The use of benzodiazepines in relation to cognitive decline remains an area of
controversy in aging populations. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the risk of cognitive …

Implementation considerations of deprescribing interventions: a scoping review

J Wang, JY Shen, Y Conwell… - Journal of internal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Over half of older adults experience polypharmacy, including medications that may be
inappropriate or unnecessary. Deprescribing, which is the process of discontinuing or …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping a moral panic: news media narratives and medical expertise in public debates on safer supply, diversion, and youth drug use in Canada

L Michaud, G Kolla, K Rudzinski, A Guta - International Journal of Drug …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ongoing overdose and drug toxicity crisis in North America has contributed momentum
to the emergence of safer supply prescribing and programs in Canada as a means of …

Using the behavior change wheel to link published deprescribing strategies to identified local primary healthcare needs

I Bai, JE Isenor, E Reeve, AM Whelan… - Research in Social and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Polypharmacy is a major global problem. Evidence in primary care shows
deprescribing can be beneficial. Behaviour change theories such as the Theoretical …

Factors influencing the effects of interventions to promote the appropriate use of medicines in high-income countries: a rapid realist review

M Charbonneau, SG Morgan, C Gagnon, CA Sadowski… - Health Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Background: The appropriate use of medicines has long been recognized as a fundamental
component of medicine policies. We aimed to extract lessons from published research on …

Incentivizing performance in health care: a rapid review, typology and qualitative study of unintended consequences

X Li, JM Evans - BMC Health Services Research, 2022 - Springer
Background Health systems are increasingly implementing policy-driven programs to
incentivize performance using contracts, scorecards, rankings, rewards, and penalties …

Strategies to guide the successful implementation of deprescribing in community practice: Lessons learned from the front line

JP Turner, K Newport, AM McEvoy… - … Journal/Revue des …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Sustainable implementation of new professional services into clinical practice
can be difficult. In 2019, a population-wide initiative called SaferMedsNL was implemented …