PIMs among older adults
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group:Educational training(including general training courses, drug handbook and individual feedback reports)
Sponsors
Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The study comprised 20 primary healthcare stations (CHSs) in Dongcheng district in Beijing.All general practitioners (GPs) working in sample CHIs who prescribe medications for older patients (age>=60 years) and agree to participate in the study will be recruited in the trail. All outpatient prescriptions for patients aged 60 and above during the baseline, intervention and follow-up data collection period will be eligible for inclusion in our analysis.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Traditional Chinese medicines will be excluded from our analysis.If the patient visits multiple community medical institutions (>=2) during the observation period, they will not be included in the analysis.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| rate of patient with PIMs ; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| PIMs per 100 patients;PIMs prescription rate;PIMs per 100 patients;prescription cost; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactXiaodong Guan
Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University
Outcome results
None listed