2,009
Participants
Start Date
December 31, 2016
Primary Completion Date
October 31, 2019
Study Completion Date
October 31, 2019
STRIP intervention
The STRIP intervention consists of 9 steps: 1. structured history taking of medication 2. recording medication and diagnoses in STRIPA 3. structured drug review based on the STRIPA with the integrated Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions (STOPP)/ Screening Tool to Alert Doctors to the Right Treatment (START) criteria 4. communication and discussion of the structured drug review with prescribing physician with possible adaptation of the recommendation 5. shared decision-making with the patient with possible adaptation of the recommendation 6. optional revision based on new accumulating data during hospitalisation (e.g. new diagnoses, adverse drug reactions) 7. generation of general practioner (GP) report 8. delivery of the report to the patient and to the GP (optional additional direct communication) 9. follow-up
Control
Standard care in the department where the trial is conducted
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels
University of Bern and University Hospital Bern (Inselspital), Bern
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Utrecht
Dept. of Medicine (Geriatrics), University College Cork, Cork
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
OTHER
Cork University Hospital
OTHER
UMC Utrecht
OTHER
University of Basel
OTHER
Université Catholique de Louvain
OTHER
Utrecht University
OTHER
University of Bern
OTHER
State Secretariat for Education Research and Innovation, Switzerland
OTHER
European Commission
OTHER
Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
OTHER