Table 3 Association between socio-demographic variables and knowledge of deprescribing steps
Variables | Knowledge of deprescribing steps | Knowledge of deprescribing tools | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Good knowledge Frequency (%) | Poor knowledge Frequency (%) | Yes Frequency (%) | No Frequency (%) | |
Gender | ||||
Male (n = 33) | 24 (72.7) | 9 (27.3) | 8 (24.2) | 25 (75.8) |
Female (n = 37) | 29 (78.4) | 8 (21.6) | 8 (21.6) | 29 (78.4) |
χ2 = 0.303 p-value = 0.582 | χ2 = 0.068 p-value = 0.794 | |||
Years of clinical practice | ||||
< 10 years (n = 37) | 29 (78.4) | 8 (21.6) | 9 (24.3) | 28 (75.7) |
> / = 10 years (n = 33) | 24 (72.7) | 9 (27.3) | 7 (21.2) | 26 (78.8) |
χ2 = 0.303 p-value = 0.582 | χ2 = 0.096 p-value = 0.757 | |||
Number of daily consultations | ||||
< 15 (n = 33) | 26 (78.8) | 7 (21.2) | 5 (15.2) | 28 (84.8) |
> / = 15 (n = 37) | 27 (73.0) | 10 (27.0) | 11(29.7) | 26 (70.3) |
χ2 = 0.321 p-value = 0.571 | χ2 = 2.102 p-value = 0.147 | |||
Frequency of attending to patients aged 60 years and above with multimorbidity daily | ||||
Daily (n = 20) | 18 (90.0) | 2 (10.0) | 8 (40.0) | 12 (60.0) |
Not daily (n = 50) | 35 (70.0) | 15 (30.0) | 8 (16.0) | 42 (84.0) |
χ2 = 3.108 p-value = 0.122^ | χ2 = 4.667 p-value = 0.031* | |||
Frequency of attending to patients aged 60 years and above with polypharmacy (> 5 medications) daily | ||||
Daily (n = 14) | 13 (92.9) | 1 (7.1) | 4 (28.6) | 10 (71.4) |
Not daily (n = 56) | 40 (71.4) | 16 (28.6) | 12(21.4) | 44 (78.6) |
χ2 = 2.797 p-value = 0.162^ | χ2 = 0.324 p-value = 0.723 | |||
Frequency of deprescribing medications during consultations in daily practice | ||||
Never (n = 8) | 3 (37.5) | 5 (62.5) | 1 (12.5) | 7 (87.5) |
Daily (n = 16) | 3 (18.8) | 13 (81.2) | 6 (37.5) | 10 (62.5) |
Not daily (n = 46) | 9(19.6) | 37 (80.4) | 9(19.6) | 37 (80.4) |
χ2 = 1.150^ p = 0.584^ | χ2 = 2.482^ p-value = 0.318^ | |||
Awareness of the term “deprescribing” | ||||
Yes (n = 56) | 46 (82.1) | 10 (17.9) | 16 (28.6) | 40 (71.4) |
No (n = 14) | 7 (50.0) | 7 (50.0) | 0 (0.00) | 14 (100) |
χ2 = 6.293 p-value = 0.012* | χ2 = 5.185 p-value = 0.029* | |||
Previous training on deprescribing | ||||
Yes (n = 15) | 13 (86.7) | 2 (13.3) | 9 (60.0) | 6 (40.0) |
No (n = 55) | 40 (72.7) | 15 (27.3) | 7 (12.7) | 48 (87.3) |
χ2 = 1.245 p-value = 0.330^ | χ2 = 14.937 p-value = 0.000* | |||
Knowledge of deprescribing tool | ||||
Yes (n = 16) | 13 (81.2) | 3(18.8) | ||
No (n = 54) | 40(4.1) | 14(25.9) | ||
χ2 = 0.346 p-value = 0.744^ | ||||