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A tailored implementation intervention to implement recommendations addressing polypharmacy in multimorbid patients: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial

Multimorbid patients frequently receive complex medication regimens and are at higher risk for adverse drug reactions and hospitalisations. Managing patients with polypharmacy is demanding, because it requires coordination of multiple prescribers and intensive monitoring. Three evidence-based recomm...

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Main Authors: Straßner, Cornelia (Author) , Freund, Tobias (Author) , Steinhäuser, Jost (Author) , Joos, Stefanie (Author) , Wensing, Michel (Author) , Szecsenyi, Joachim (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 05 December 2013
In: Trials
Year: 2013, Volume: 14, Pages: 1-8
ISSN:1468-6694
DOI:10.1186/1745-6215-14-420
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-420
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Author Notes:Cornelia Jäger, Tobias Freund, Jost Steinhäuser, Stefanie Joos, Michel Wensing and Joachim Szecsenyi
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Summary:Multimorbid patients frequently receive complex medication regimens and are at higher risk for adverse drug reactions and hospitalisations. Managing patients with polypharmacy is demanding, because it requires coordination of multiple prescribers and intensive monitoring. Three evidence-based recommendations addressing polypharmacy in primary care are structured medication counselling, use of medication lists and medication reviews to avoid potentially inappropriate medication (PIM). Although promising to improve patient outcomes, these recommendations are not well implemented in German routine care. Implementation of guidelines is often hindered by specific “determinants of change”. “Tailored” interventions are designed to specifically address previously identified determinants. This study examines a tailored intervention tto implement the aforementioned recommendations into German primary care practices. This study is part of the European Tailored Interventions for Chronic Diseases project, which aims at contributing knowledge about the methods used for tailoring.
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ISSN:1468-6694
DOI:10.1186/1745-6215-14-420

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