Prevalence and patient-rated relevance of complexity factors in medication regimens of community-dwelling patients with polypharmacy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the prevalence of complexity factors in the medication regimens of community-dwelling patients with more than five drugs and to evaluate the relevance of these factors for individual patients.

Methods

Data were derived from the HIOPP-6 trial, a controlled study conducted in 9 general practices which evaluated an electronic tool to detect and reduce complexity of drug treatment. The prevalence of complexity factors was based on the results of the automated analysis of 139 patients' medication data. The relevance assessment was based on the patients' rating of each factor in an interview (48 patients included for analysis).

Results

A median of 5 (range 0-21) complexity factors per medication regimen were detected and at least one factor was observed

SUBMITTER: Wurmbach VS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9184426 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature