At a glance
ClinicalIndex Comparison RecordStandardized by ClinicalIndex from the ClinicalTrials.gov record · verify against the source.
Medication Monitoring in General Practice: Clinical Impact of Implementing a Nurse-led Adverse Drug Reaction (ADRe) Profile in Older Adults With 5 or More Prescribed Medicines
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Adverse Drug Reaction (ADRe) Profile for Polypharmacy. Completed, enrolled 19 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Polypharmacy has the potential to harm older adults by causing cognitive impairment, falls, and hospitalisations. Many adverse drug reactions could be prevented with closer monitoring. This project will establish the effectiveness of the nurse-led intervention - the ADRe Profile - for medicines commonly prescribed in primary care and evaluate intervention implementation in general practices.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
ADRe asks nurses to systematically check patients for the manifestation of itemised adverse side effects or undesirable effects of their primary care medicines, as listed in the BNF and manufacturers' Summaries of Product Characteristics (SmPCs), and seminal texts documenting known ADRs. Nurses are asked to share the identified problems with prescribers and pharmacists overseeing medicines charts.