Reducing unnecessary prescriptions in healthcare of older adults through a behavioral intervention based on peer compariso

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Overprescription of nimodipine as a drug for treating or preventing cognitive deficit in older adults; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN17823729
• Lead Sponsor: INECO Foundation

Brief Summary

2020 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33306114/ (added 14/12/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-04-21
• Study Completion: 2020-10-31
• Last Update Posted: 5 January 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1811

Inclusion Criteria

General practitioners who:
1. Prescribed nimodipine during the last quarter of 2018
2. Are within the top 25% prescribers of the drug

Exclusion Criteria

1. Not in the top 25% of prescribers of nimodipine
2. Email address not available

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cumulative total number of nimodipine prescriptions per 1000 prescriptions of all drugs made by the targeted practitioner, registered in the electronic database of prescriptions of the INSSJP-PAMI, during the 6 months after the intervention started