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Barriers and facilitators to discontinuing antidepressant use: a systematic review and thematic synthesis

Barriers and facilitators to discontinuing antidepressant use: a systematic review and thematic synthesis
Barriers and facilitators to discontinuing antidepressant use: a systematic review and thematic synthesis
Objective
To explore patient and health professional views and experiences of antidepressant treatment with particular focus on barriers and facilitators to discontinuing use.

Design
Systematic review with thematic synthesis.

Data sources
MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, AMED, Health Management Information Consortium, OpenGrey, and the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations from inception until February 2017. Updated searches were carried out in July 2018.

Eligibility criteria
Primary studies, published in English, that used qualitative data collection and analysis, and had data on attitudes, beliefs, feelings, perceptions on continuing or discontinuing antidepressant use, of patients (aged 18 or above, who received treatment with antidepressants for at least 6 months) or any health professionals.

Data extraction
One reviewer extracted data and assessed study quality, which was checked by a second reviewer.

Findings
Twenty two papers were included in the review. A thematic synthesis was performed for patient perspectives only, due to insufficient data from a health professional perspective. The thematic synthesis yielded nine themes: (1) psychological and physical capabilities; (2) perception of antidepressants; (3) fears; (4) intrinsic motivators and goals; (5) the Doctor as a navigator to maintenance or discontinuation; (6) perceived cause of depression; (7) aspects of information that support decision-making; (8) significant others – a help or a hindrance; and (9) support from other health professionals.

Limitations
Coding and development of subthemes and themes was performed by one researcher and further developed through discussion between two researchers.

Conclusions
Barriers and facilitators to discontinuing antidepressant use are numerous and complex, and likely to require detailed conversations between patients and their general practitioners (GPs). These conversations are more likely to happen if GPs raise the issue of discontinuation. Further research from a health professional perspective including, but not limited to GPs, is needed.
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Maund, Emma, Dewar-Haggart, Rachel, Williams, Samantha, Bowers, Hannah, Geraghty, Adam, Leydon, Geraldine, May, Carl, Dawson, Sarah and Kendrick, Tony (2019) Barriers and facilitators to discontinuing antidepressant use: a systematic review and thematic synthesis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 245, 38-62. (doi:10.1016/j.jad.2018.10.107).

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Abstract

Objective
To explore patient and health professional views and experiences of antidepressant treatment with particular focus on barriers and facilitators to discontinuing use.

Design
Systematic review with thematic synthesis.

Data sources
MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, AMED, Health Management Information Consortium, OpenGrey, and the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations from inception until February 2017. Updated searches were carried out in July 2018.

Eligibility criteria
Primary studies, published in English, that used qualitative data collection and analysis, and had data on attitudes, beliefs, feelings, perceptions on continuing or discontinuing antidepressant use, of patients (aged 18 or above, who received treatment with antidepressants for at least 6 months) or any health professionals.

Data extraction
One reviewer extracted data and assessed study quality, which was checked by a second reviewer.

Findings
Twenty two papers were included in the review. A thematic synthesis was performed for patient perspectives only, due to insufficient data from a health professional perspective. The thematic synthesis yielded nine themes: (1) psychological and physical capabilities; (2) perception of antidepressants; (3) fears; (4) intrinsic motivators and goals; (5) the Doctor as a navigator to maintenance or discontinuation; (6) perceived cause of depression; (7) aspects of information that support decision-making; (8) significant others – a help or a hindrance; and (9) support from other health professionals.

Limitations
Coding and development of subthemes and themes was performed by one researcher and further developed through discussion between two researchers.

Conclusions
Barriers and facilitators to discontinuing antidepressant use are numerous and complex, and likely to require detailed conversations between patients and their general practitioners (GPs). These conversations are more likely to happen if GPs raise the issue of discontinuation. Further research from a health professional perspective including, but not limited to GPs, is needed.

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Accepted/In Press date: 16 October 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 17 October 2018
Published date: 15 February 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 425405
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/425405
ISSN: 0165-0327
PURE UUID: 4d9a716b-49b4-433a-9c92-ebde48682851
ORCID for Emma Maund: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3998-6669
ORCID for Rachel Dewar-Haggart: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3757-1152
ORCID for Samantha Williams: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9505-6485
ORCID for Hannah Bowers: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1996-6652
ORCID for Adam Geraghty: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7984-8351
ORCID for Geraldine Leydon: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5986-3300
ORCID for Carl May: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0451-2690
ORCID for Tony Kendrick: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1618-9381

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Date deposited: 18 Oct 2018 16:30
Last modified: 12 Jun 2024 04:03

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Author: Emma Maund ORCID iD
Author: Hannah Bowers ORCID iD
Author: Adam Geraghty ORCID iD
Author: Carl May ORCID iD
Author: Sarah Dawson
Author: Tony Kendrick ORCID iD

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