Evaluation of a patient oriented deprescribing strategy to achieve reduction of oversupply of proton pump inhibitors (PPI)
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- medical counseling of patients regarding the reduction of oversupply of proton pump inhibitors (PPI)
- Registration Number
- DRKS00016364
- Lead Sponsor
- Abteilung für Allgemeinmedizin, Präventive und Rehabilitative Medizin Philipps-Universität Marburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 2440
Inclusion Criteria
longterm PPI prescription of at least 6 months
Exclusion Criteria
reluctance to participate, lack of German fluency, cognitive limitations that hinder study education and comprehension, mere home visit patients (e.g. practice visits are not possible due to frailty)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cumulative DDD-PPI (Defined Daily Doses) per study patient per practice in the following 6 months after first counsel (training of the general practitioner and following counsel with arriba-PPI)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cumulative DDD-PPI per study patient per practice in the following 12 months after first counsel (training of the general practitioner and following counsel with arriba-PPI). <br>Ratio of PPI-patients within all patients of one practice for the last two billing quarters at 12 months after training.<br>Average cumulative DDD-PPI within all PPI-patients of one practice for the last two billing quarters at 12 months after training.