Prescription Appropriateness of Drugs for Peptic Ulcer and Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease: Baseline Assessment in the LAPTOP-PPI Cluster Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT: Background: Drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) are among the most widely prescribed, frequently without appropriate indications. This represents an important issue, as it leads to risk of adverse events for patients and unnecessary costs for National Health Service. Aim: To assess the prescription appropriateness of drugs for GERD, in the frame of the "Evaluation of the effectiveness of a Low-cost informative intervention to improve the Appropriate PrescripTiOn of Proton PumP Inhibitors in older people in primary care: a cluster-randomized controlled study" (LAPTOP-PPI) (Clinicaltrial.gov: NCT04637750). Methods: The appropriateness of drug prescription was assessed on data collected in administrative databases, by integrating information

SUBMITTER: Ardoino I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8996306 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature