Trial reportBMC geriatrics2020
Interprofessional medication assessment among home care patients: any impact on functioning? Results from a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC geriatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02398812 (The Interprofessional Medication Assessment for Older Patients - a Multicenter Randomized Trial in Primary Care Setting), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Interprofessional Medication Assessment for Older Patients - a Multicenter Randomized Trial in Primary Care Setting
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to Address Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing for Older Primary Care Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Community-based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people, stratified by frailty: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Community based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people: systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2024Pooled it
- Challenges of information sharing regarding medication support for older adults at home: a qualitative study.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Intervention description of pharmacist-facilitated medication reviews in Nordic primary care settings: a scoping review.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2025Article
- The Sex-Specific Impact of the FORTA (Fit-fOR-The-Aged) List on Medication Quality and Clinical Endpoints in Older Hospitalized Patients: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Drugs - real world outcomes · 2022Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundMultimorbidity and polypharmacy are related to the use of potentially inappropriate medicines and negative clinical outcomes including drug-related adverse events and functional declines. Home care clients are a vulnerable patient group often exposed to these risks. The aim of this study was to examine whether an interprofessional medication assessment can influence the functioning of home care patients.
methodsThe FIMA study was a randomised controlled intervention study comparing a general practitioner-led interprofessional medication assessment conducted at the baseline of the study with usual care with a six-month follow-up. We used linear mixed models (LMM) with a random subject effect to detect differences between the usual care and intervention groups in the following outcome measures; Katz index of Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Lawton and Brody scale of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, Timed up and go-test (TUG), Mini-Mental State Examination, Geriatric Depression Scale and the 3-level version of EQ-5D.
resultsHome care patients (n = 512) had major disease burdens and functional limitations. Regarding TUG times, the LMM detected a one second improvement in the FIMA group and 2.4 s worsening in the usual care group. However, the result was not statistically significant. The ADL revealed an interaction across time, treatment and sex (p = 0.026). The ADL score decreased in both groups; the decline being the steepest among women in the intervention group.
conclusionsIn general, medication assessments may have limited impact on functioning of older people. Nonetheless, the FIMA intervention may prevent worsening of mobility among older home care patients.
trial registrationThe Interprofessional Medication Assessment for Older Patients, Clinical Trials.gov. NCT02398812 . First registration, 26 March 2015. Retrospectively registered.
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