Effectiveness of a complex intervention on Prioritising Multimedication in Multimorbidity (PRIMUM) in primary care: results of a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Investigate the effectiveness of a complex intervention aimed at improving the appropriateness of medication in older patients with multimorbidity in general practice.

Design

Pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial with general practice as unit of randomisation.

Setting

72 general practices in Hesse, Germany.

Participants

505 randomly sampled, cognitively intact patients (≥60 years, ≥3 chronic conditions under pharmacological treatment, ≥5 long-term drug prescriptions with systemic effects); 465 patients and 71 practices completed the study.

Interventions

Intervention group (IG): The healthcare assistant conducted a checklist-based interview with patients on medication-related problems and reconciled their medications. Assisted by a com

SUBMITTER: Muth C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855483 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature