An Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Prescriptions for Elderly Patients in General Practice

A Cluster Randomized Educational Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Prescription Patterns for Elderly Patients in General Practice

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 1Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00281450

Enrollment

85836

Registered

2006-01-24

Start date

2006-01-31

Completion date

2007-03-31

Last updated

2010-04-28

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Conditions

Aged, Family Practice

Brief summary

This study will explore the possible effect of a tailored educational intervention towards general practitioners, in order to reduce inappropriate prescription patterns for elderly patients \> 70 years.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALEducational intervention

We developed a set of explicit criteria for pharmacological inappropriateness for Norwegian GPs' prescribing to elderly patients. The main purpose of the criteria was to serve as quality indicators during an educational intervention: the Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) Study, aimed at improving GPs' prescribing for elderly patients.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* General practitioner * Specialist in general practice

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Changes in a set of predefined quality indicators measuring appropriateness of prescriptions for elderly out-patients	1 year	Prescription data for 1 year were retrospectively retrieved from the Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD) and assessed in relation to 13 prescription quality indicators.

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 23, 2026