From sensitization to adoption? A qualitative study of the implementation of a digitally supported intervention for clinical decision making in polypharmacy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Formative evaluation of the implementation process for a digitally supported intervention in polypharmacy in Germany. Qualitative research was conducted within a cluster randomized controlled trial (C-RCT). It focused on understanding how the intervention influences behavior-related outcomes in the prescription and medication review process.

Methods/setting

Twenty-seven general practitioners (GPs) were included in the study in the two groups of the C-RCT, the intervention, and the wait list control group. Behavior-related outcomes were investigated using three-step data analysis (content analytic approach, documentary method, and design of a model of implementation pathways).

Results

Content analysis showed that physicians were more intensely aware of polyph

SUBMITTER: Soling S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7507604 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature