title: A multifaceted intervention to reduce inappropriate polypharmacy in primary care: research co-creation opportunities in a pilot study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Research Excellence in Quality and Safety in Integrated Primary&ndash;Secondary Care, Brisbane, QLD k.anderson8@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: Centre of Research Excellence in Quality and Safety in Integrated Primary&ndash;Secondary Care, Brisbane, QLD.
authors.forename: Michele M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.affiliation: University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.affiliation: Centre of Research Excellence in Quality and Safety in Integrated Primary&ndash;Secondary Care, Brisbane, QLD.
authors.forename: Ian A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D058006:General Practice; D010865:Pilot Projects; D019338:Polypharmacy; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012106:Research