An Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Medications in Long-term Care Residents With Severe Dementia (OptimaMed)

Laval University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Inappropriate Prescribing; Dementia

Treatments: Behavioral: Knowledge exchange

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03539276

OptimaMed-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

An education intervention to promote medication reviews and interdisciplinary discussions within long-term care facilities with the aim of improving medication regimen among residents with severe dementia

Full description

A quasi-experimental study in three long-term care facilities. The intervention comprises an information leaflet for families of residents, a 90-minute knowledge exchange session for general practitioners, pharmacists and nurses and a list of "generally", "sometimes", and "exceptionally" appropriate medications for severe dementia residents

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of dementia of any etiology
• severe dementia

Exclusion criteria

• admission less than 2 months before intervention

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Pre-intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care

Post-intervention

Experimental group

Description:

One 90-minute interdisciplinary knowledge exchange including the provision of a validated list of appropriate and inappropriate medications for severe dementia long-term care residents.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Knowledge exchange