Effects of a community pharmacy-based structured medication review on drug-related problems in all-comers with polypharmacy: a randomized, controlled, double-blind, parallel-group trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication reviews may help to reduce the burdens of polypharmacy. A medication review type 2a is a structured evaluation of a patient's pharmacotherapy based on medication history and patient information in a face-to-face interview.

Methods

This multi-center, randomized, patient- and assessor-blind, parallel-group trial was conducted in 14 community pharmacies in Vienna, Austria. Adult outpatients taking ≥8 drugs were eligible. The intervention was a medication review type 2a. At baseline, pharmacists assessed drug-related problems (DRP), a parameter summarizing problematic aspects of pharmacotherapy, in all participants. Pharmacists randomized patients (1, 1) to the intervention, in which they addressed DRPs, or to the control group, in which DRPs were not addre

SUBMITTER: Bischof T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12440987 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature