Treatment reviews of older people on polypharmacy in primary care: cluster controlled trial comparing two approaches.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older people are prone to problems related to use of medicines. As they tend to use many different medicines, monitoring pharmacotherapy for older people in primary care is important.

Aim

To determine which procedure for treatment reviews (case conferences versus written feedback) results in more medication changes, measured at different moments in time. To determine the costs and savings related to such an intervention.

Design of study

Randomised, controlled trial, randomisation at the level of the community pharmacy.

Setting

Primary care; treatment reviews were performed by 28 pharmacists and 77 GPs concerning 738 older people (> or =75 years) on polypharmacy (>five medicines).

Method

In one group, pharmacists and GPs performed case conferen

SUBMITTER: Denneboom W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2151787 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature