Deprescribing and Health-related Effects

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

87 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-01-01

Study Completion Date

2022-12-31

Brief Summary

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In a primary care settled quality improvement project aiming to deprescribe medication through a medication review intervention, we investigated how the implemented medication changes affected health-related outcomes in real-life patients.

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Detailed Description

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The project was approved by the Management in the Municipality of Frederikshavn. According to Danish legislation, no formal permission from the national or regional Committee on Health Research Ethics was required for this type of study, as patients were not treated inferior to usual care and no biological material was collected. It was conducted as a quality improvement project and informed consent was not required for the specific data collected. The study is in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation and a part of North Denmark Region's record of processing activities (K2023-008).

Conditions

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Chronic Disease

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Care home residents

The intervention was offered to new residents and residents that had not yet attended a consultation focusing on pharmacological treatment in The Chronic Care Model.

Medication review

Intervention Type OTHER

Annual consultation focusing on pharmacological treatment. This specific consultation constituted the "intervention". It included a structured review of the patient's health state, in addition to a structured medication review with a focus on appropriate medication and deprescribing.

Community-dwelling patients with chronic disease

Patients were invited for the consultation focusing on pharmacological treatment in the month of their birthday and, thereby, included randomly and consecutively throughout the study period.

Medication review

Intervention Type OTHER

Annual consultation focusing on pharmacological treatment. This specific consultation constituted the "intervention". It included a structured review of the patient's health state, in addition to a structured medication review with a focus on appropriate medication and deprescribing.

Interventions

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Medication review

Annual consultation focusing on pharmacological treatment. This specific consultation constituted the "intervention". It included a structured review of the patient's health state, in addition to a structured medication review with a focus on appropriate medication and deprescribing.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Medication review with focus on deprescribing

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* new residents and residents that had not yet attended a consultation focusing on pharmacological treatment in The Chronic Care Model.
* patients were invited for the consultation focusing on pharmacological treatment in the month of their birthday and, thereby, included randomly and consecutively throughout the study period.