A multifaceted intervention to reduce inappropriate polypharmacy in primary care: research co‐creation opportunities in a pilot study. (18th April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Anderson, Kristen; Foster, Michele M; Freeman, Christopher R; Scott, Ian A
• Is Part Of: Medical journal of Australia. Volume 204(2016)Supplement 7
• Page Start: S41
• Page End: S44
• Publication Date: 2016-04-18
• Subjects: Health services administration; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine; Médecine -- Périodiques; Medicine; Periodical; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 610
• DOI: 10.5694/mja16.00125
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0025-729X

Abstract

Summary: Co‐creation (or co‐design) represents the highest form of stakeholder engagement, but it can be infeasible to co‐create with all stakeholders through all stages of a research project. The choice of stakeholders for co‐design will depend on the study purpose and context of change. For this deprescribing pilot study, general practitioners were recognised as a critical gateway for co‐creation, with patients' perspectives of the deprescribing process to be assessed in the evaluation of the pilot.