Polypharmacy Clinical Trial
Official title:
Educational Intervention to Reduce Drug-related Hospitalizations and Visits in Emergency Departments in Elderly Primary Health Care Patients - a Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an educational intervention given towards health care providers working in primary health care centers can reduce inappropriate prescribing in the elderly patient and thus reduce number and length of drug-related hospitalizations as well as number of emergency department visits in this patient group.
Inappropriate medication in the elderly patient leads to substantial morbidity, possibly
causing up to 20% of hospitalizations in this patient group (1). To improve prescribing and
thus reduce undesired drug effects is a great challenge for doctors and nurses in primary
health care.
Performance of drug utilization reviews is recommended in order to reduce the negative
impact of inappropriate prescribing in the elderly. However, scientific evidence on their
efficacy is lacking, especially regarding patient-related health outcomes (2,3). Most
studies are carried out in inpatient care, making it difficult to draw conclusions regarding
primary health care (2). Moreover, studies in this scientific field diverge regarding the
content and structure of drug utilization reviews, which implies that comparison between
studies becomes challenging, if not impossible.
This trial aims at educating health care providers in how to perform drug utilization
reviews, and to help them implement theory into practice.
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Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention
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