Effect of person-centred care on antipsychotic drug use in nursing homes (EPCentCare): a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

antipsychotic drugs are regularly prescribed as first-line treatment for neuropsychiatric symptoms in persons with dementia although guidelines clearly prioritise non-pharmacological interventions.

Objective

we investigated a person-centred care approach, which has been successfully evaluated in nursing homes in the UK, and adapted it to German conditions.

Design

a 2-armed 12-month cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Setting

nursing homes in East, North and West Germany.

Methods

all prescribing physicians from both study arms received medication reviews for individual patients and were offered access to 2 h of continuing medical education. Nursing homes in the intervention group received educational interventions on person-centred care and a

SUBMITTER: Richter C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6503937 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature