polypharmacy, prescription of potentially inappropriate medication vulnerability, depression
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Retrospective analysis of data from the cluster-randomised controlled study on the “Reduction of potentially Inappropriate Medication in the Elderly” (RIME study). The RIME-study was designe
Sponsors
Abteilung für medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie, RUB Bochum
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
69 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Intake of more than 5 different medications
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: missing informed concent, hardness of hearing
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| rate of patients with potentially inappropriate medication in comparison to the group with only general information. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| health related quality of life determined by telephone interview after one year of intervention | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactDietmar Krause
Abteilung für medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie
Outcome results
None listed