Impact of Pharmaceutical Interventions with STOPP/START and PIM-Check in Older Hospitalized Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pharmaceutical interventions can reduce negative outcomes related to potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIPs).

Objective

The objective of this study was to compare the impact of interventions on the reduction of PIPs and on different clinical outcomes using two electronic explicit tools.

Methods

A randomized controlled trial was conducted in patients hospitalized between 2018 and 2019 at the Acute Care for Elders unit at Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland. A medication review was conducted using PIM-Check in the first arm and STOPP/START in the second arm. Proposed interventions were communicated to the physicians. Clinical outcomes evaluated were incidence of falls, delirium, activities of daily living (ADL), length of stay, number of drug

SUBMITTER: Farhat A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9626411 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature