Impact of a nurse-based intervention on medication outcomes in vulnerable older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication-related problems are common in older adults with multiple chronic conditions. We evaluated the impact of a nurse-based primary care intervention, based on the Guided Care model of care, on patient-centered aspects of medication use.

Methods

Controlled clinical trial of the Comprehensive Care for Multimorbid Adults Project (CC-MAP), conducted among 1218 participants in 7 intervention clinics and 6 control (usual care) clinics. Inclusion criteria included age 45-94, presence of ≥3 chronic conditions, and Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) score > 0.19. The co-primary outcomes were number of changes to the medication regimen between baseline and 9 month followup, and number of changes to symptom-focused medications, markers of attentiveness to medication-relat

SUBMITTER: Steinman MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6127952 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature