In a primary care settled quality improvement project aiming to deprescribe medication through a medication review intervention, we investigated how the implemented medication changes affected health-related outcomes in real-life patients.
The project was approved by the Management in the Municipality of Frederikshavn. According to Danish legislation, no formal permission from the national or regional Committee on Health Research Ethics was required for this type of study, as patients were not treated inferior to usual care and no biological material was collected. It was conducted as a quality improvement project and informed consent was not required for the specific data collected. The study is in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation and a part of North Denmark Region's record of processing activities (K2023-008).
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
87
Annual consultation focusing on pharmacological treatment. This specific consultation constituted the "intervention". It included a structured review of the patient's health state, in addition to a structured medication review with a focus on appropriate medication and deprescribing.
Aalborg University Hospital
Aalborg, Denmark
self-reported health status
(on a scale from 1 to 10)
Time frame: 4 months
general condition
(rated on a 5-point Likert Scale)
Time frame: 4 months
functional level
rated on a 5-point Likert Scale
Time frame: 4 months
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