Medication Reviews in Elderly in Primary Care
The Impact of Medication Reviews Conducted in Primary Care on Hospital Admissions and Mortality - a Randomized Controlled Trial
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Brief Summary
The study is a follow-up of a randomized controlled study performed in 2011-2012 with medication reviews in elderly patients in Sweden. Additional data about mortality and hospital admissions have been collected.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Sep 2011
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
September 1, 2011
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 31, 2018
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
March 31, 2019
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 29, 2019
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 1, 2019
CompletedAugust 1, 2019
July 1, 2019
7.3 years
July 29, 2019
July 31, 2019
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (4)
hospital admission
time to the first hospital admission
six months
hospital admission
time to the first hospital admission
twelve months
Survival analysis
time to death
six months
Survival analysis
time to death
twelve months
Secondary Outcomes (4)
number of hospital admissions
six months
number of hospital admissions
twelve months
mortality
six months
mortality
twelve months
Other Outcomes (1)
number of drugs
base-line
Study Arms (2)
Intervention
EXPERIMENTALPatients in the intervention groups received multi-professional medication reviews. A nurse performed a symptom evaluation, a pharmacist assessed the drug list and made adjustment suggestions and finally a physician took action and performed medication changes.
Control
NO INTERVENTIONPatients were treated according to the usual routine.
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- age\>75 years, living in nursing homes or community-dwelling with municipality-provided care, with multi-dose drug dispensing
You may not qualify if:
- lack of multi-dose drug dispensing, living at home with no municipality-provided care, \<75 years old
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Region Skanelead
Related Publications (1)
Milos Nymberg V, Lenander C, Borgstrom Bolmsjo B. The Impact of Medication Reviews Conducted in Primary Care on Hospital Admissions and Mortality: An Observational Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Drug Healthc Patient Saf. 2021 Jan 27;13:1-9. doi: 10.2147/DHPS.S283708. eCollection 2021.
PMID: 33536791DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- TRIPLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR
- Masking Details
- Closed envelopes
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 29, 2019
First Posted
August 1, 2019
Study Start
September 1, 2011
Primary Completion
December 31, 2018
Study Completion
March 31, 2019
Last Updated
August 1, 2019
Record last verified: 2019-07