OptiMEDs Pilot Study
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Pilot study of the OptiMEDs intervention: a complex intervention for multidisciplinary medication review (including nurses, pharmacists, and physicians) in nursing homes (NH), with ICT-support for the evaluation of the appropriateness of prescribing and for side-effect monitoring.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Detailed Description
The interest in improving the pharmacotherapy of older adults in nursing homes is growing. The OptiMEDs interventions intends to support the decision of GPs regarding the pharmacotherapy of older adults through the combination of an electronic decision support tool (for the appraisal of potentially inappropriate medication use, anticholinergic use, or medications that can be de-prescribed in view of limited life expectancy) with focussed nurse observations (guided by a list of potential medication symptoms based on the individual medication chart of the resident), that will serve as the basis for a multidisciplinary medication review with the input of the GP, community pharmacist and nurse.
The aim of the OptiMEDs intervention is to obtain a more appropriate, safer, and more cost-effective pharmacotherapy in nursing home residents (e.g. less medication-related symptoms, less potentially inappropriate prescribing, a better quality of life, less hospitalisations, health care usage, or mortality)
Before investigating the effectiveness of the OptiMEDs intervention in a large pragmatic clinical trial comparing results of the intervention with standard of care, a pilot study will be undertaken. The aim of the pilot study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of all components of the OptiMEDs interventions in 3 nursing homes in Flanders, Belgium.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention The intervention group (i.e. all eligible and consented residents of 2 NHs) will receive the OptiMEDs intervention: the combination of an electronic decision support tool (for the appraisal of potentially inappropriate medication use, anticholinergic use, or medications that can be de-prescribed in view of limited life expectancy) with focused nurse observations (using a list of potential medication-related symptoms based on the individual medication chart of the nursing home residents), that will serve as the basis during a multidisciplinary medication review with the input of GPs, trained community pharmacists and nurses. |
Device: OptiMEDs
The OptiMEDs intervention is a multi-faceted intervention combining:
an ICT platform:
automatic and secure capture of individual prescribing information from the electronic medication administration records in the nursing home
a tool for structured nurse observations of side effects, derived from the existing Pharmanurse application (20) (used to list potential medication side effects, based on the individual medication chart of the nursing home residents) to support monitoring of medication safety by nurses.
an electronic decision support tool for the appraisal of potentially inappropriate medication (explicit criteria of misuse and underused of medication, based on existing lists of explicit criteria (PIMs)), use of medication with anticholinergic properties and medication inappropriate in view of the limited life expectancy.
a multidisciplinary medication review with the input of GPs, trained community-pharmacists and nurses.
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No Intervention: Control The control group (i.e. all eligible and consented residents of one control NH) will receive usual care . |
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Software/user problems [6 months]
monthly number of interventions for software/user problems (n)
- functionality problems [6 months]
Number of functionality problems (n)
- workload [6 months]
Timing of workload for nurses & pharmacists regarding the use of OptiMEDs (time)
- medication chart review [6 months]
duration of a medication chart review by GP and nurse (time)
- practical problems [6 months]
listing of practical problems for organizing the medication chart review
- GPs that refuse [6 months]
number of GPs that refuse to participate / accept to participate (n)
- non-consenting eligible residents (n) [6 months]
Number of non-consenting eligible residents legally capable to give consent (n)
- Non-consenting proxies for eligible residents (n) [6 months]
Number of non-consenting proxies for eligible residents legally not capable to give consent
- Optimeds completion [6 months]
Number of symptom observations and medication reviews completed (on time) (n)
Secondary Outcome Measures
- number of medications [4 months]
number of medications (n)
- number of anticholinergics [4 months]
number of anticholinergics (n)
- number of candidates for de-prescribing [4 months]
number of candidates for de-prescribing (n)
- patient-related pain [4 months]
Score; In patients with dementia: nurse-observation using PAIN-AD scale (0 - 10, 10 = worst pain), patients without dementia: Pain VAS scale (0 - 10, 10 = worst pain)
- patient-related alertness [4 months]
patient-related alertness (score); nurse-observation using VAS scale (1 - 6, 1 = being alert)
- patient-related QOL [4 months]
patient-related QOL (score and/or profile); EQ-5D-5L; 5 dimensions (mobility / self-care / usual activities / pain or discomfort / anxiety or depression) and 5 levels (no / slight / moderate / severe / extreme problems).
- patient-related falls [4 months]
patient-related falls (n)
- Number of Consultations [4 months]
Number of Consultations (n)
- Number of Hospitalization [4 months]
Number of Hospitalization (n)
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion criteria for nursing homes:
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located in East Flanders
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size: > 100 beds
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mixed population of high care dependent and low care-dependent residents with and without dementia
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software of Care Solutions or Farmad is used for electronic handling of the medication chart
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the NH management as well as the responsible CRA and the community pharmacist who delivers the medication in the NH give their written agreement to participate
Inclusion criteria for residents:
All residents of all wards of the participating nursing homes will be considered for inclusion if they meet the following inclusion criteria:
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aged 65 years or older
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mentally fit as well as cognitive impaired NH residents will be included after Informed Consent given by the resident (mentally capable residents) or his representative (cognitive impaired residents, defined as a sumscore of 6 or more on the KATZ items of disorientation in time and place).
Exclusion criteria for residents
Residents will not be considered for inclusion if:
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they have a limited life-expectancy (less than 3 months, as judged and documented by the treating GP)
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they are residing in a short-stay / revalidation bed
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GP refused to have his NH residents included in this pilot
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | WZC Sint-Jozef Deinze | Deinze | Oost-Vlaanderen | Belgium | 9800 |
2 | WZC Sint-Jozef Gent | Gent | Oost-Vlaanderen | Belgium | 9000 |
3 | WZC Liberteyt | Gent | Belgium | 9000 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- University Ghent
- Universiteit Antwerpen
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Thierry Christiaens, PhD, MD, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
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