CompletedNot Applicable

Inappropriate Prescription in Elderly and Polypharmacy Patients in Primary Care (PHARM-PC) Trial

Spain549 participantsStarted 2015-01

Plain-language summary

PHARM-PC study is based on identify potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIP) and delivery therapeutic appropriateness recommendations from the pharmacist to the physician and about drugs prescribed for elderly and polypharmacy patients in primary care. Assessment of the impact of pharmacist intervention on the appropriateness of prescribing and both health outcomes and economic outcomes will be done.

Who can participate

Age range65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * age ≥ 65 years * treatment with 5 or more chronic medications. Exclusion Criteria: * routine monitoring is carried out in private health care * temporary displaced persons (routine monitoring is carried out in another community). * Institutionalized patients * Patients in the Home Care Program

What they're measuring

Number of patients with potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIP)

Timeframe: Up to 6 months

Mean number of PIP per patient

Timeframe: Up to 6 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02224833

SponsorHospital Comarcal de Inca

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2015-12

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