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Effects of a Pharmacist Intervention in the Primary Sector on Patients Medication and Health-related Quality of Life: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Brief summary: The randomised controlled trial investigates the effect of a pharmacist intervention targeting polypharmacy patient at two levels medical clinics and patient level. The purpose is to gain more knowledge to patients and physicians about their medication and to see changes in the patient's medication and health-related quality of life.
The main objective of the randomised controlled trial is to investigate the clinical effects of the roll-out of the systematic offer from Nord-KAP in the North Denmark Region at two different levels (medical clinic and patient-level). The primary outcome is changes in the participant's medicine from baseline to follow up and changes in healthcare usage Secondary outcomes include investigation of cost-effectiveness and changes in patients health-related quality of life. The hypothesis is that the regional intervention delivered by the pharmacists, from Nord-KAP, can lead to a decrease in medical products compared with a control group between baseline and at 6-month follow-up. * Will the use of a pharmacists intervention lead to a decrease in the number of polypharmacy patients in medical clinics compared to a control group of medical clinics? * Will the use of a pharmacist intervention lead to an increase in the polypharmacy patients health-related quality of life compared to a control group?
Age
18 - No limit years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No
The quality unit for genreal practice
Aalborg, North Denmark, Denmark
Start Date
September 1, 2021
Primary Completion Date
April 1, 2024
Completion Date
January 1, 2025
Last Updated
February 9, 2023
400
ESTIMATED participants
Systematic pharmacist intervention
OTHER
Lead Sponsor
Aalborg University
Collaborators
NCT06766071
NCT06110156
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