Exploring perceived barriers, facilitators, and team roles in addressing prescribing cascades in primary care teams: Insights from interprofessional focus groups
The ability to address prescribing cascades is influenced by multiple factors and varied across professions within interprofessional primary care teams. The study findings provide additional information necessary for the design of future interventions to assist clinicians with addressing cascades. Future research should engage patients, caregivers, and community pharmacists to further explore their roles in addressing prescribing cascades.
Authors
- Lisa McCarthy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9087-1077)
- Barbara Farrell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2388-5353)
- Colleen Metge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9170-3294)
- Lianne Jeffs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3522-2549)
- Sara J. T. Guilcher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9552-9139)
- Sameera Toenjes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1802-9660)
- M. Christine Rodriguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9524-0300)
Institutions
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (CA)
- Trillium Health Centre (CA)
- Women's College Hospital (CA)
- Bruyère (CA)
- University of Manitoba (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0333829
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.22