Leveraging Behavioral Science to Improve Medicine Optimization Conversations with Older Adults

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Deprescribing

• Registration Number: NCT06698770
• Lead Sponsor: University of Michigan

Brief Summary

Our online, survey-based experiment will include 2,400 adults who are 65-years and older (n=1,200 each from United States and Australia). Each participant will be asked to give their opinions on a hypothetical patient scenario that has been developed by our diverse team in partnership with our stakeholder organizations.This work is expected to significantly contribute to our understanding of how older adults make decisions about deprescribing medications.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Study Start: 2024-11-01
• Study First Submitted: 2024-11-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-11-19
• Study First Posted: 2024-11-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-01-13
• Last Update Posted: 2025-01-14
• Primary Completion: 2025-06-30
• Study Completion: 2025-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2400

Inclusion Criteria

• 65 years and older and resides in Australia or the United States

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Preference regarding starting medication	1 year	Response to statement, "Based on what you have read so far, what would you prefer to do with this diabetes medicine?" on a 6-point Likert scale with scale anchors 1=Strongly prefer not to start medicine and 6=Strongly prefer to start medicine
Stopping medication	1 year	Response to statement, "Based on what you have read so far, what would you prefer to do with this diabetes medicine?" on a 6-point Likert scale with scale anchors 1=Strongly prefer not to continue and 6=Strongly prefer to stop

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Michigan; 🇺🇸 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States