polyfarmacie daily use of 5 medications or more polypharmacie
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention tested is an integral medication control and monitoring
system. Information of the
pharmacists is completed with the GPs* electronic patient record and with
information from the pat
Sponsors
CAPHRI, department of general practice
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: age 60 years and older AND daily use of 5 medications or more competency adequate knowledge of Dutch language written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: critical ill patients with a life expectancy less than 1 year
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary study parameters: physical and mental health outcomes (using data from the minimal data set (MDS)) -patient psychosocial outcomes, including quality of life outcomes, well-being -- | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secundary study parameters: - measures of patient medication adherence, utilization of health services(including the number of prescriptions, number of hospitalizations) -acceptability and feasibility of the intervention according to patients, GPs, nurse practitioners and pharmacists (barriers and facilitators) - costs of medication, costs of extra care, costs of total used care | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed