Randomized Trial to Assess the Effectiveness of a Postal Intervention for Reducing the Chronic Use of Highe Doses of Proton Pump Inhibitors
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 401
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Active prescriptions of each proton pump inhibitors dose after the intervention
研究概览
简要总结
It was a randomised intervention study, with before-and-after outcome measures and a control group, in patients who had an active long-term prescription for PPIs at high doses for at least 6 months.
详细描述
The intervention consisted of sending patients an informative letter by post, in which their doctor invited them to seek an appointment for a medication review. Control group patients did not receive such a letter, and they were treated as usual (their doctors received a list of identifiers of patients on high doses).
The main outcome variable was the number of active prescriptions of each PPI dose (high dose/standard dose/treatment cessation) at 6 months after the intervention.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Care Provider)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —(Adult, Older Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Patients under the care of our organisation who in May 2017 had an active long-term prescription for PPIs at high doses for at least 6 months.
排除标准
- •Patients whose GPs declined to participate
研究组 & 干预措施
Control
Sending doctors the lists of patients that meet the inclusion criteria to have their treatment reviewed
Letter by post to patients
Patients were sent a letter explaining the risks of using PPIs at long-term high doses and encouraging them to visit their doctor
干预措施: Letter by post to patients (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Active prescriptions of each proton pump inhibitors dose after the intervention
时间窗: 6 months
Number of active prescriptions of each proton pump inhibitors dose (high dose/standard dose/treatment cessation) at 6 months after the intervention
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Elena Valverde
Primary care pharmacist
Osakidetza
