A Study on the Perceptions of Korean Older Adult Patients and Caregivers about Polypharmacy and Deprescribing

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

 This is a well-written article of health importance. If some methodological descriptions are supplemented, it will be a better manuscript.

 

#1 Inclusion criteria

Why 6 or more medications? Is there a reference about definition about PIMs pr polypharmacy?

 

#2 Participant recruitment

How was the participants recruitment conducted? Online advertisement? Please describe the process briefly.

 

#3 Health insurance status

Most Korean are belong to the National Health Insurance service or Medical aid.

Therefore, the percentage “88%”, require more explanation. What does remained 12% mean?

Are they foreigners? Or Medical aid?

I don't understand how 12% of people don't have health insurance, so it seems necessary to explain that part.

 

#4 Definition of herbal medicine

What does exactly herbal medicine mean? Only included herbal decoction or extract prescribed by Korean Medicine doctor? or Including health functional food? Or including botanical/ethnopharmacological medicinal plant?

I think more detailed definition about herbal medicine is required in Table 2.

 

#5 The difference in perception between caregivers and patients is not visible at a glance. A table or figure to show this seems to be necessary.

 

#6 It is necessary to describe how the results of overseas surveys differ from those in Korea in detail, in the results or discussion section.

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