Intervention to Improve Prescribing in Elderly Patients
maanantai 2. tammikuuta 2017 päivittänyt: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Intervention to Improve Appropriate Prescribing and Reduce Polypharmacy in Elderly Patients Admitted to an Internal Medicine Unit
This study tested the efficacy of an easy-to-use checklist aimed at supporting the therapeutic reasoning of physicians in order to reduce inappropriate prescribing and polypharmacy in elderly adults admitted to an internal medicine unit.
Tutkimuksen yleiskatsaus
Yksityiskohtainen kuvaus
Background: Polypharmacy and inappropriate medication prescriptions are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Most interventions proposed to improve appropriate prescribing are time and resource intensive and therefore hardly applicable in daily clinical practice.
Objective: To test the efficacy of an easy-to-use checklist aimed at supporting the therapeutic reasoning of physicians in order to reduce inappropriate prescribing and polypharmacy.
Design: single-center, interventional, quasi-experimental before-after study. Patients: Consecutive patients aged ≥65 years, hospitalized in the division of internal medicine of a Swiss secondary-level hospital from September to November 2012 (control group, N=450) and from September to November 2013 (intervention group, N=450).
Intervention: Introduction of a 5-point checklist to be used by all physicians on the internal medicine wards.
Main Measures: The proportion of patients with prescription of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) at discharge, according to Screening tool of older people's prescriptions (STOPP) criteria, and the number of prescribed medications at discharge, before and after the introduction of the checklist. Secondary outcomes were the prevalence of polypharmacy (≥ 5 drugs) and hyperpolypharmacy (≥ 10 drugs), and the prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing omissions (PPOs) according to START criteria.
Opintotyyppi
Interventio
Ilmoittautuminen (Todellinen)
450
Vaihe
- Ei sovellettavissa
Osallistumiskriteerit
Tutkijat etsivät ihmisiä, jotka sopivat tiettyyn kuvaukseen, jota kutsutaan kelpoisuuskriteereiksi. Joitakin esimerkkejä näistä kriteereistä ovat henkilön yleinen terveydentila tai aiemmat hoidot.
Kelpoisuusvaatimukset
Opintokelpoiset iät
65 vuotta ja vanhemmat (Vanhempi Aikuinen)
Hyväksyy terveitä vapaaehtoisia
Ei
Sukupuolet, jotka voivat opiskella
Kaikki
Kuvaus
Inclusion Criteria:
- Consecutive patients aged ≥65 years,
- patients hospitalized in the division of internal medicine of a Swiss secondary-level hospital from September to November 2012 (control group, N=450) and from September to November 2013 (intervention group, N=450).
Exclusion Criteria:
- none
Opintosuunnitelma
Tässä osiossa on tietoja tutkimussuunnitelmasta, mukaan lukien kuinka tutkimus on suunniteltu ja mitä tutkimuksella mitataan.
Miten tutkimus on suunniteltu?
Suunnittelun yksityiskohdat
- Ensisijainen käyttötarkoitus: Hoito
- Jako: Ei käytössä
- Inventiomalli: Yksittäinen ryhmätehtävä
- Naamiointi: Ei mitään (avoin tarra)
Aseet ja interventiot
Osallistujaryhmä / Arm |
Interventio / Hoito |
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Muut: After introduction of the checklist
Review of medications of all consecutive admitted patients during the study period using a checklist
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Introduction of a 5-point checklist to be used by all physicians on the internal medicine wards to review and adapt the medications of the patient.
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Mitä tutkimuksessa mitataan?
Ensisijaiset tulostoimenpiteet
Tulosmittaus |
Toimenpiteen kuvaus |
Aikaikkuna |
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Change in the proportion of patients prescribed potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) at discharge
Aikaikkuna: In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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The proportion of patients prescribed PIMs at discharge, according to STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's potentially inappropriate Prescriptions) criteria, before and after the introduction of the checklist.
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In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Change in the number of prescribed medications at discharge
Aikaikkuna: In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Number of prescribed medications at discharge, before and after the introduction of the checklist.
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In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Toissijaiset tulostoimenpiteet
Tulosmittaus |
Toimenpiteen kuvaus |
Aikaikkuna |
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Number of prescribed drugs at admission and discharge
Aikaikkuna: In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Prevalence of polypharmacy at admission and discharge
Aikaikkuna: In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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concomitant use of more than 5 drugs
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In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Prevalence of hyperpolypharmacy at admission and discharge
Aikaikkuna: In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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concomitant use of more than 10 drugs
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In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing omissions (PPO) at admission and discharge
Aikaikkuna: In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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according to START (Screening Tool of Alert doctors to the Right Treatment) criteria
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In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Number of patients prescribed NSAID at admission and discharge
Aikaikkuna: In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID)
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In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Rate (%) of inappropriate prescriptions of NSAID at admission and discharge
Aikaikkuna: In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID)
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In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Number of patients prescribed proton pump inhibitors at admission and discharge
Aikaikkuna: In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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proton pump inhibitor (PPI)
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In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Rate (%) of inappropriate prescriptions of proton pump inhibitors at admission and discharge
Aikaikkuna: In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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proton pump inhibitor (PPI)
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In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Number of patients prescribed systemic corticosteroids at admission and discharge
Aikaikkuna: In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Rate (%) of inappropriate prescriptions of systemic corticosteroids at admission and discharge
Aikaikkuna: In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Number of patients prescribed metamizole at admission and discharge
Aikaikkuna: In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Rate (%) of inappropriate prescriptions of metamizole at admission and discharge
Aikaikkuna: In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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In-Hospital mortality rate
Aikaikkuna: In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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All-cause re-hospitalization rate
Aikaikkuna: In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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re-hospitalization rate 30 days after discharge
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In the 3 months after introduction of the checklist (Sept.-Nov. 2013, intervention group) and in 3 months (Sept.-Nov. 2012) one year before the introduction of the checklist (control group)
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Tutkijat
- Päätutkija: Stefano Bassetti, MD, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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