NCT01148186

An Intervention Study to Reduce the Use and Impact of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Among Older Adults

The Patient as a Driver of Change: an Intervention Study to Reduce the Use and Impact of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Among Older Adults

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 300 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

An educational intervention targeting community-dwelling older adults will lead to a reduction in potentially inappropriate prescriptions (e.g. benzodiazepines, oxybutynin). Cessation of potentially inappropriate medications (e.g. benzodiazepines, oxybutynin)will lead to improved cognitive outcomes in older adults.

Detailed description

This study tests the effectiveness of a knowledge transfer tool for empowering patients to engage in collaborative discontinuation of potentially inappropriate medication with their pharmacist and/or physician

Conditions

• Polypharmacy
• Incontinence
• Insomnia
• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	knowledge transfer tool	knowledge transfer tool for empowering patients to engage in collaborative discontinuation of potentially inappropriate medication with their pharmacist and/or physician

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-06-01
• Primary completion: 2013-05-01
• Completion: 2013-05-01
• First posted: 2010-06-22
• Last updated: 2013-05-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada