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Table 6 Comparison of number of drugs and MRCI score according to patient thoughts on deprescribing. Patients who want to reduce the number and types of medications

From: Analysis of patients’ thoughts and background factors influencing attitudes toward Deprescribing: interviews to obtain hints for highly satisfying and valid prescriptions

 

Deprescribing wished or not

p-value

Wished(n = 37)

Not wished (n = 46)

Number of medications (median)

9 (2–38)

7 (1–28)

0.392

MRCI score (median)

31 (7–135.5)

26 (6–112.5)

0.379

  1. Mann-Whitney U-test