| Literature DB >> 34729774 |
Rowan Sultan1,2, Tessa O van den Beukel1,2, Michael O Reumerman1,2, Hester E M Daelmans3, Hans Springer4, Els Grijmans4, Majon Muller5, Milan C Richir1,2, Michiel A van Agtmael1,2, Jelle Tichelaar1,2.
Abstract
As the population ages, more people will have comorbid disorders and polypharmacy. Medication should be reviewed regularly in order to avoid adverse drug reactions and medication-related hospital visits, but this is often not done. As part of our student-run clinic project, we investigated whether an interprofessional student-run medication review program (ISP) added to standard care at a geriatric outpatient clinic leads to better prescribing. In this controlled clinical trial, patients visiting a memory outpatient clinic were allocated to standard care (control group) or standard care plus the ISP team (intervention group). The medications of all patients were reviewed by a review panel ("gold standard"), resident, and in the intervention arm also by an ISP team consisting of a group of students from the medicine and pharmacy faculties and students from the higher education school of nursing for advanced nursing practice. For both groups, the number of STOPP/START-based medication changes mentioned in general practitioner (GP) correspondence and the implementation of these changes about 6 weeks after the outpatient visit were investigated. The data of 216 patients were analyzed (control group = 100, intervention group = 116). More recommendations for STOPP/START-based medication changes were made in the GP correspondence in the intervention group than in the control group (43% vs. 24%, P = < 0.001). After 6 weeks, a significantly higher proportion of these changes were implemented in the intervention group (19% vs. 9%, P = 0.001). The ISP team, in addition to standard care, is an effective intervention for optimizing pharmacotherapy and medication safety in a geriatric outpatient clinic.Entities:
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Year: 2021 PMID: 34729774 PMCID: PMC9299053 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2475
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Pharmacol Ther ISSN: 0009-9236 Impact factor: 6.903
Figure 1Different steps at memory outpatient clinic for patients that receive standard care and patients that receive standard care plus the ISP intervention. ISP, interprofessional student‐run medication review program. [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]
Figure 2Flowchart of in‐ and excluded patients in the study, between October 30, 2018 and March 10, 2020. ISP, interprofessional student‐run medication review program.
Baseline characteristics in patients who received standard care and patients who received the ISP in addition to standard care
| Standard care ( | Standard care + ISP ( |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 79.57 (5.516) | 78.81 (5.181) | 0.301 | |
| Sex, male (%) | 63 (54.3) | 51 (51.0) | 0.627 | |
| Living arrangements | ||||
| Alone (%) | 42 (36.2) | 42 (42.0) | 0.384 | |
| With partner or family (%) | 63 (54.3) | 51 (51.0) | 0.627 | |
| Sheltered housing (%) | 9 (7.8) | 3 (3.0) | 0.128 | |
| Residential care (%) | 2 (1.7) | 4 (4.0) | 0.310 | |
| Clinical characteristics | ||||
| Charlson comorbidity index, median (IQR) | 5.00 (4–6) | 5.00 (4–6) | 0.519 | |
| Orthostatic hypotension, yes (%) | 26 (22.4) | 20 (20.0) | 0.666 | |
| Falling in the previous year, yes (%) | 21 (18.1) | 12 (12.0) | 0.214 | |
| Cognitive diagnosis | 19 (16.4) | 20 (20.0) | 0.490 | |
| No cognitive disorder (%) | 30 (25.9) | 26 (26.0) | 0.982 | |
| Mild cognitive impairment (%) | 67 (57.8) | 54 (54.0) | 0.579 | |
| Dementia (%) | 68.69 (15.1) | 69.74 (14.9) | 0.608 | |
| eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m² (mean, SD) | ||||
| Medication | ||||
| Total number of medications | 630 | 551 | 0.878 | |
| Median (IQR) | 5.00 (3–8) | 5.00 (3–7.75) | 0.878 | |
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| 5 (4.3) | 6 (6.0) | 0.573 | |
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| 46 (39.7) | 38 (38.0) | 0.804 | |
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| 50 (43.1) | 42 (42.0) | 0.870 | |
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| 15 (12.9) | 14 (14.0) | 0.818 | |
| ATC code | ATC code description | |||
| A (%) | Alimentary tract and metabolism | 81 (69.8) | 73 (73.0) | 0.607 |
| A02 (%) | Drugs for acid related disorders | 41 (35.3) | 45 (45.0) | 0.148 |
| A10 (%) | Drugs used in diabetes | 16 (13.8) | 13 (13.0) | 0.865 |
| B (%) | Blood and blood forming organs | 56 (48.3) | 49 (49.0) | 0.915 |
| B01 (%) | Antithrombotic agents | 55 (47.4) | 49 (49.0) | 0.816 |
| C (%) | Cardiovascular system | 71 (61.2) | 67 (67.0) | 0.377 |
| C03 (%) | Diuretics | 17 (14.7) | 21 (21.0) | 0.222 |
| C07 (%) | Beta blocking agents | 24 (20.7) | 27 (27.0) | 0.276 |
| C08 (%) | Calcium channel blockers | 19 (16.4) | 22 (22.0) | 0.294 |
| C09 (%) | Agents acting on renin‐angiotensin system | 39 (33.6) | 40 (40.0) | 0.332 |
| C10 (%) | Lipid modifying agents | 52 (44.8) | 45 (45.0) | 0.980 |
| G (%) | Genito‐urinary system and sex hormones | 19 (16.4) | 12 (12.0) | 0.360 |
| G04 (%) | Urologicals | 19 (16.4) | 12 (12.0) | 0.360 |
| N (%) | Nervous system | 41 (35.5) | 35 (35.0) | 0.958 |
| N02 (%) | Analgesics | 17 (14.7) | 16 (16.0) | 0.784 |
| N03 (%) | Antiepileptics | 3 (2.6) | 4 (4.0) | 0.558 |
| N05 (%) | Psycholeptics | 21 (18.1) | 20 (20.0) | 0.723 |
| N06 (%) | Psychoanaleptics | 17 (14.7) | 17 (17.0) | 0.637 |
| R (%) | Respiratory system | 28 (24.1) | 13 (13.0) | 0.037 |
| R03 (%) | Drugs for obstructive airway disease | 17 (14.7) | 10 (10.0) | 0.302 |
ATC, Anatomic Therapeutic Chemical; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; IQR, interquartile range; ISP, interprofessional student‐run medication review program.
Number of STOPP/START items identified by the review panel, residents, and the ISP team during the outpatient assessment that were mentioned in the GP correspondence and changed in the medication list of the community pharmacist 6 weeks after the assessment
| Standard care ( | Standard care + ISP ( |
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| Total items (%) | STOPP (%) | START (%) | Total items (%) | STOPP (%) | START (%) | Total items | STOPP | START | |
| Review panel | 251 (100) | 166 (100) | 85 (100) | 206 (100) | 133 (100) | 73 (100) | 0.608 | 0.603 | 0.906 |
| Resident | 17 (7) | 16 (01) | 1 (1) | 14 (7) | 11 (8) | 3 (4) | 0.992 | 0.682 | 0.336 |
| ISP team | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 128 (62) | 82 (62) | 46 (63) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| GP correspondence | 61 (24) | 31 (19) | 30 (35) | 89 (43) | 54 (41) | 35 (48) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.107 |
| Medication list 6 weeks after the assessment | 22 (9) | 13 (8) | 9 (11) | 39 (19) | 22 (17) | 17 (23) | 0.001 | 0.020 | 0.032 |
GP, general practitioner; ISP, interprofessional student‐run medication review program.
Number of STOPP/START items mentioned in the GP correspondence, stratified by the healthcare professional who would implement the relevant medication change, and whether the change was implemented 6 weeks after the outpatient assessment
| Standard care ( | Standard care + ISP ( |
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| Total items (%) | STOPP (%) | START (%) | Total items (%) | STOPP (%) | START (%) | Total items | STOPP | START | |
| In GP correspondence | 61 (100) | 31 (100) | 30 (100) | 89 (100) | 54 (100) | 35 (100) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.146 |
| To be implemented by the resident | 35 (57) | 18 (58) | 17 (57) | 33 (37) | 15 (28) | 18 (51) | 0.014 | 0.006 | 0.673 |
| Implemented by the resident | 22 (63) | 13 (72) | 9 (53) | 20 (61) | 9 (60) | 11 (61) | 0.849 | 0.458 | 0.625 |
| To be implemented by the GP | 26 (43) | 13 (42) | 13 (43) | 56 (63) | 39 (72) | 17 (49) | 0.014 | 0.006 | 0.673 |
| Implemented by the GP | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 19 (34) | 13 (33) | 6 (35) | 0.001 | 0.023 | 0.024 |
GP, general practitioner.