Effect of Academic Detailing on Promoting Appropriate Prescribing of Antipsychotic Medication in Nursing Homes: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Strategies to reduce the inappropriate prescription of antipsychotics have been the focus of recent attention but have shown considerable variation in their effectiveness.

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of academic detailing in nursing homes targeting appropriate prescribing of antipsychotics.

Design, setting, and participants

We conducted a pragmatic, cluster randomized clinical trial comparing the effect of academic detailing vs usual care on prescribing antipsychotics in 40 nursing homes with 5363 residents in Ontario, Canada. Data were collected from October 2015 to March 2016 and analyzed from April to August 2018. Primary analyses were conducted using intention to treat.

Intervention

Academic detailing delivered by health professionals

SUBMITTER: Tadrous M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7251442 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature