Intervention to improve quality use of medicines in elderly people: effect on health outcomes.

Completed

• Conditions: Quality Use of Medicines issues (polypharmacy/ medication errors/ drug interactions/ Prescriptions, Drug/ Self Medication); Other - Research that is not of generic health relevance and not applicable to specific health categories listed above; Alternative and Complementary Medicine - Other alternative and complementary medicine; Other - Other injuries and accidents

• Registration Number: ACTRN12605000264684
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Newcastle

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2005-09-02
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 880

Inclusion Criteria

Eligible practitioners were those who had been based at their current practice for 12 months or more. Patients were eligible if they were aged 65 or more, not living in a nursing home, and not too ill or infirm at the time of their consultation.

Exclusion Criteria

No exclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
se of thiazide diuretics, NSAIDs and benzodiazepines [At 4 and 12 months follow-up];Quality Use of Medicines Score[At 4 and 12 months follow-up]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
umber of medication reviews[At four and 12 month follow up];Number of medication falls[At four and 12 month follow up];Quality of life[At four and 12 month follow up]