An Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Prescriptions for Elderly Patients in General Practice

University of Oslo

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: Family Practice; Aged

Treatments: Behavioral: Educational intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00281450

850652

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will explore the possible effect of a tailored educational intervention towards general practitioners, in order to reduce inappropriate prescription patterns for elderly patients > 70 years.

Enrollment: 85,836 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• General practitioner
• Specialist in general practice

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)