De-Intensification Of Blood Glucose Lowering Medication In People Identified As Being Over-Treated: A Mixed Methods Study.
Huberta E HartKim DitzelGuy E H M RuttenEsther De GrootSamuel SeiduKamlesh Khunti F MedSciRimke C VosPublished in: Patient preference and adherence (2019)
Treatment had been de-intensified in more than half of the patients (56.3%). Insight in reasons for not de-intensifying elderly patients is important since treatment for them can be "person-centred care". De-intensification is an iterative and time-intensive process.