Studying the Impact of a Medication Use Evaluation by the Community Pharmacist
- Conditions
- Aging
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Medication review
- Registration Number
- NCT03179722
- Lead Sponsor
- Joke Wuyts
- Brief Summary
In this intervention study, 75 Belgian community pharmacies each recruit 12 patients for an intermediate medication review. For each patient, the identified drug-related problems and subsequent interventions are registered using the PharmDisc classification. In a subset of Dutch speaking patients, a pretest-posttest single group design is used to measure the impact of this review on patient related outcomes using questionnaires. The primary outcome is the medication related quality of life, measured via the living with medicines questionnaire. Other patient reported outcomes include adherence, self-management, patient satisfaction, fall incidents and use of emergency healthcare services. Medication records are also collected to objectively measure adherence before and after the intervention.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 453
- Patients should be 70 years or older
- Use five or more drugs on a regular basis (prescription or non-prescription drugs)
- Live in the ambulatory setting
- Obtain his medication from this pharmacy on a regular basis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention group: Frenchspeaking patients Medication review Intervention: Medication review Intervention group: Dutchspeaking patients Medication review Intervention: Medication review Intervention: Dutchspeaking patients are also invited to participate to Additional data collection: questionnaires
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Drug-related problems & interventions One timeframe: during the medication review Using the validated PharmDisc classification tool
Change in medication related quality of life Three timepoints: Before the review, during review (week 3), after the review (week 12) using the Living with medicines questionnaire
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in use of emergency healthcare services & fall incidents Two timepoints: Before the review, after the review (week 12) using own questions
Change in adherence Two timepoints: Before the review, after the review (week 12) using the PROMAS questionnaire
Change in self-management Two timepoints: Before the review, after the review (week 12) using the PAM questionnaire
Satisfaction with the new service One timepoint: during the review (week 3) Using the PSPSQ2 questionnaire