Implementing recommendations for Polypharmacotherapy of multimorbid Patients (PomP)

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Completed

Conditions: Implementation of recommendations for polypharmacotherapy in multimorbid patients
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Registration Number: ISRCTN34664024

Lead Sponsor: European Union (Netherlands)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 1000

Inclusion Criteria

For general practitioners:
1. Enrolment in a general practice centred care contract (HZV AOK Baden-Wuerttemberg)
2. Continuous attendance in a specific quality circle every three months in the previous 12 months

For patients:
1. Aged over 64 years
2. Enrolment in general practice-centred care contract (HZV AOK Baden-Wuerttemberg)
3. Repeated prescriptions of more than four drugs in one quarter of the year
4. Being diagnosed with at least three chronic conditions
5. Especially in need for intensified medication management (according to the personal assessment of the general practitioner, e.g. non-adherence, hospitalisation due to medication related events).

Exclusion Criteria

1. For physicians: Physicians having participated in another study focusing on multimorbidity or polypharmacotherapy in the last year are excluded
2. For patients: Lacking ability or need for intensified medication management according to the personal assessment of the general practitioner.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The degree of implementation of the three recommendations measured at patient level. The degree of implementation will be expressed by the number of indicators fulfilled per patient included in the study.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
A comprehensive process evaluation will be performed including questionnaires for intervention fidelity and measures to evaluate the tailoring strategy.