Reasons for deprescribing | Intervention accepted, n=392 (%) | Intervention rejected, n=111 (%) | Acceptance rate (%) | p Value |
Presence of adverse drug reactions | 2 (0.5) | 2 (1.8) | 50.0 | 0.18* |
Better alternatives available | 19 (4.8) | 4 (3.6) | 82.6 | 0.58† |
Unclear indication | 87 (22.2) | 33 (29.7) | 72.5 | 0.10† |
Overdosage | 84 (21.4) | 20 (18.0) | 80.8 | 0.43† |
Overduration of treatment | 179 (45.7) | 45 (40.5) | 79.9 | 0.34† |
Simplification of regimen | 21 (5.4) | 7 (6.3) | 75.0 | 0.70† |
*Fisher’s exact test, α=0.05.
†χ2 test, α=0.05.