The LeMON study: Less Medicines in Older patients in The Netherlands
- Conditions
- Diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON26826
- Lead Sponsor
- VU university medical centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 198
Inclusion Criteria
Aged 70 years or older; receiving medication from the public pharmacy; use of 5 or more different medications; chronic use of antidiabetic (at least 1 medication next to metformin) and/or cardiovascular medication; HbA1C < 54 mmol/mol; systolic blood pressure < 140 mmHg.
Exclusion Criteria
Not having signed the statement of consent; unable to fill out questionnaires; not able to speak, write, or understand the Dutch language; life expectancy < 3 months; participation in other research projects.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome is deprescribing and will be defined as the percentage of reduction of medication in the intervention group compared to the control group.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1) Number and type of the change in prescribed medications, results, and perstistency;<br>2) Satisfaction level of the patients (TSQM and PREM questionnaires); <br>3) Satisfaction level of the health care providers.