Design and Delivery of a Tailored Intervention to Implement Recommendations for Multimorbid Patients Receiving Polypharmacy into Primary Care Practices
Joint Authors
Szecsenyi, Joachim
Jäger, Cornelia
Steinhaeuser, Jost
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-01-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction.
Managing polypharmacy is particularly demanding for general practitioners as coordinators of care.
Recently, a German guideline for polypharmacy in primary care has been published.
This paper describes the content and delivery of a tailored intervention, which aims at improving the implementation of guideline recommendations for polypharmacy into practice, considering individual barriers.
Materials and Methods.
Firstly, barriers for implementation and the corresponding strategies to address them have been identified.
On this basis, an intervention consisting of a workshop for health care professionals and educational materials for patients has been developed.
The workshop focused on knowledge, awareness, and skills.
The educational materials included a tablet computer.
Practice teams will elaborate individual concepts of how to implement the recommendations into their practice.
The workshop has been evaluated by the participants by means of a questionnaire.
Results.
During the workshop 41 possible sources of medication errors and 41 strategies to improve medication management have been identified.
Participants evaluated the workshop overall positively, certifying its relevancy to practice.
Discussion.
The concept of the workshop seemed appropriate to impart knowledge about medication management to the participants.
It will have to be evaluated, if the intervention finally resulted in an improved implementation of the guideline recommendations.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jäger, Cornelia& Szecsenyi, Joachim& Steinhaeuser, Jost. 2015. Design and Delivery of a Tailored Intervention to Implement Recommendations for Multimorbid Patients Receiving Polypharmacy into Primary Care Practices. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057306
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jäger, Cornelia…[et al.]. Design and Delivery of a Tailored Intervention to Implement Recommendations for Multimorbid Patients Receiving Polypharmacy into Primary Care Practices. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057306
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jäger, Cornelia& Szecsenyi, Joachim& Steinhaeuser, Jost. Design and Delivery of a Tailored Intervention to Implement Recommendations for Multimorbid Patients Receiving Polypharmacy into Primary Care Practices. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057306
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1057306