ISRCTN18176245
Completed
N/A
Development of an intervention to improve appropriate polypharmacy for older people in primary care
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Polypharmacy in older people
- Sponsor
- Queen's University Belfast
- Enrollment
- 10
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
2017 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28748106/ results 2016 Other publications in https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1907-3 Development of intervention (added 16/02/2023)
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •General practice inclusion criteria:
- •1\. Located in Northern Ireland
- •2\. The practice was willing to implement the study
- •3\. Individual general practitioners (GPs) willing to provide written informed consent.
- •Patient inclusion criteria:
- •1\. Over the age of 65
- •2\. Receiving four or more regular medicines
- •3\. Not cognitively impaired
- •4\. Resident in the community
Exclusion Criteria
- •1\. Not meeting the inclusion criteria
- •2\. Not proving written informed consent
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified
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