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Development of a Coordinated, Community-Based Medication Management Model for Home-Dwelling Aged in Primary Care

NCT02545257 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 191

Last updated 2019-03-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this randomized controlled trial is to develop a coordinated, multiprofessional medication management model for home-dwelling aged in primary care and to study the effectiveness of this model. The main hypothesis is that the new model helps to identify aged people having potential risks with their medications and thus allows solving these risks.

Conditions

  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Inappropriate Prescribing
  • Polypharmacy

Interventions

OTHER

Coordinated medication management model

Stage I: a prescription review conducted by community pharmacists Stage II: practical nurse-administered Drug-related Problem Risk Assessment Tool Stage III: Required health care action based on the result of the DRP -Risk Assessment Tool

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • City of Lohja, Services for Aged People

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Lohjan 1. Apteekki

    collaborator OTHER

  • Social Insurance Institution, Finland

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Helsinki

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marja SA Airaksinen, Professor · University of Helsinki

  • Juha T Puustinen, Docent · University of Helsinki

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-09-30
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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