Trial reportBMC geriatrics2013
Medication management for people with dementia in primary care: description of implementation in the DelpHi study.
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Dementia: Life- and Personcentered Help in Germany
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of medication management interventions on healthcare utilisation in people with dementia: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Age and ageing · 2026Pooled it
- Clinical Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of Collaborative Dementia Care: A Secondary Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Living Alone with Dementia: Prevalence, Correlates and the Utilization of Health and Nursing Care Services.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2016Trial
- Dementia care management: going new ways in ambulant dementia care within a GP-based randomized controlled intervention trial.International psychogeriatrics · 2014Trial
- Cumulative Anticholinergic Burden and Risk of Delirium Among Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Practical strategies for improving medication management during care transitions for older adults with dementia: findings from a novel stakeholder-informed review process.Age and ageing · 2025Article
- Resigned but Resilient: Caregiver Perceptions of Role Ambiguity and Quality of Care During Hospital-to-Home Transitions of Older Latinos Living With Dementia.Journal of aging and health · 2025Article
- Cumulative Anticholinergic Burden and its Predictors among Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease Initiating Cholinesterase Inhibitors.Drugs & aging · 2024Article
- Drug-related problems in community-dwelling primary care patients screened positive for dementia.International psychogeriatrics · 2017Article
- Exploring the evidence base for how people with dementia and their informal carers manage their medication in the community: a mixed studies review.BMC geriatrics · 2017Review
- Potentially Inappropriate Medication in Community-Dwelling Primary Care Patients who were Screened Positive for Dementia.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2017Article
- Systematic, early identification of dementia and dementia care management are highly appreciated by general physicians in primary care - results within a cluster-randomized-controlled trial (DelpHi).Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2016Article
- Subjective memory impairment: No suitable criteria for case-finding of dementia in primary care.Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2015Article
- Interventional tools to improve medication adherence: review of literature.Patient preference and adherence · 2015Review
- Cardiovascular medication burden in dementia disorders: a nationwide study of 19,743 dementia patients in the Swedish Dementia Registry.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2014Article
- Pharmacogenetic analyses in people with dementia in Northeast Germany.Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundAs the population ages, the relative and absolute number of age-associated diseases such as dementia will increase. Evaluation of the suitability and intake of medication and pharmacological treatment is an important aspect of care for people with dementia, especially if they live at home. Regular medication reviews and systematic cooperation between physicians and pharmacists are not common in routine care. Medication management (MM), based on such a comprehensive home medication review could help to reduce drug-related problems and costs. The present article presents a medication management specifically for the application in the ambulatory setting and describes its implementation as part of a larger trial. METHODS/
designA home medication review (HMR) and MM is implemented as part of the DelpHi study, a population based prospective, cluster-randomized controlled intervention study to test the efficacy and efficiency of the implementation of a collaborative care model in primary care.
participantspeople with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers are recruited by the patient's general practitioner. Inclusion criteria are a positive screening result for dementia, living at home and regular intake of drugs. PWD are asked to specify their regular pharmacy which is asked to participate in the study, too.
interventiona comprehensive HMR is conducted as computer-assisted personal interview by specifically qualified Dementia Care Manager (DCM) at the people's home. It includes detailed information about drugs taken, their storage, administration, adherence and adverse events. The MM is conducted in cooperation between DCM, pharmacist and general practitioner and consists of a pharmaceutical evaluation, pharmaceutical recommendations and their application. Pharmacists are trained and provided with regularly updated information. The MM is designed to give information and recommendations concerning antidementia drugs, occurrence of drug related problems, intake of anticholinergic drugs, potentially clinically relevant drug-drug-interactions, adverse drug events and medication adherence. DISCUSSION: The DelpHi-approach for medication management employs comprehensive instruments and procedures in the primary care setting under routine care conditions, and this approach should be useful in improving pharmacotherapy as part of the comprehensive treatment and care for people with dementia.
trial registrationThe trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01401582.
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