Inappropriate Prescription in Elderly and Polypharmacy Patients in Primary Care (PHARM-PC) Trial

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

549

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2015

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2015

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2016

Conditions
Elderly (People Aged 65 or More)Polypharmacy (People Under Treatment With 5 or More Drugs)
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Pharmacist intervention

"Systematic review of treatments:~Identification of reasons for PPI.~* Determination of recommended pharmacotherapeutic alternatives.~* Issue recommendations for therapeutic appropriateness to the doctor (via registration on the EHR and verbal communication if deemed appropriate); that will be of 4 types: Add medicine, discontinue medicine, adjust dosage, replace medicine.~After the medical visit (the next day) New treatment review for: Checking acceptance or rejection of the recommendations issued, review potential new prescriptions made without pharmacist recommending, and whether these new drugs lead to PIP."

Trial Locations (1)

07300

Sector Sanitario Tramuntana, Inca

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Hospital Comarcal de Inca

OTHER

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