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Drewelow E, Ritzke M, Altiner A, Icks A, Montalbo J, Kalitzkus V, Löscher S, Pashutina Y, Fleischer S, Abraham J, Thürmann P, Mann NK, Wiese B, Wilm S, Wollny A, Feldmeier G, Buuck T, Mortsiefer A. Development of a shared decision-making intervention to improve drug safety and to reduce polypharmacy in frail elderly patients living at home. PEC Innov 2022; 1:100032. [PMID: 37213749 PMCID: PMC10194292 DOI: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2022.100032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/19/2022] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Objectives For patients with geriatric frailty, reducing inappropriate medication is an important goal to improve patient safety in primary care. GP-side barriers include knowledge gaps, legal concerns, and lack of communication between the actors involved. The aim was to develop a multi-faceted intervention to facilitate deprescribing and shared prioritisation among frail elderlies with polypharmacy living at home. Methods Mixed methods study including: 1) scoping review on family conferences, expert panels; 2) group discussions with GPs, mapping of needs and challenges in Primary Care; 3) workshops and expert interviews with GPs, patient advocates, researchers as a basis for a theoretical intervention model; 4) piloting. Results A major challenge for GPs is to conduct a productive discussion with patients and family cares on deprescribing and drug safety. A guideline for a structured family conference with a medication check and geriatric assessment was developed and proved to be feasible in the pilot study. Conclusion The intervention developed to facilitate deprescribing and shared prioritisation of drug therapy based on family conferences seems suitable to be tested in a subsequent cRCT. Innovation Adapting family conferences to primary care for frail patients with polypharmacy.
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- E. Drewelow
- Institute of General Practice, University Medical Center Rostock, Doberaner Straße 142, 18057 Rostock, Germany
- Corresponding author at: Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Doberaner Straße 142, 18057 Rostock, DE, Germany.
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- Institute of General Practice, University Medical Center Rostock, Doberaner Straße 142, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice, University Medical Center Rostock, Doberaner Straße 142, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Health Services and Economics, Centre for Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Health Services and Economics, Centre for Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Health and Nursing Science, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Straße 8, 06112 Halle, Germany
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- Institute for Health and Nursing Science, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Straße 8, 06112 Halle, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Heusnerstraße 40, 42283 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Heusnerstraße 40, 42283 Wuppertal, Germany
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- WG Medical Statistics and IT-Infrastructure, Institute of General Practice, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice, University Medical Center Rostock, Doberaner Straße 142, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice, University Medical Center Rostock, Doberaner Straße 142, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice, University Medical Center Rostock, Doberaner Straße 142, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Department of Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 50, 58448 Witten, Germany
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Bücker B, Löscher S, Schürer C, Schaper K, Abholz HH, Wilm S. [Ambulatory care of patients with asthma in Germany and disease management program for asthma from the view of statutory health insured patients. A postal survey of statutory health insured patients]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2015; 140:e60-6. [PMID: 25774739 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-101012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND In spite of a decline in mortality due to asthma in Germany various studies point towards deficits in asthma care. Our investigation should collect data about ambulatory care from the view of statutory health insured patients (SHI), who participate in the disease management program asthma (DMP-P) or do not (NP). Primary question was, if there is a difference between asthma control. Secondary questions referred to process parameters. METHODS The postal inquiry was conducted in 2010 with 8000 randomly selected members of a SHI company with asthma (4000 DMP-P and 4000 NP). The descriptive evaluation of categorical items was performed with cross-tables. The absolute risk reduction (ARR) and 97.5 %-confidence interval (CI; multiple level 5 %) was used to evaluate the primary question. Secondary questions were analysed by ARR and 95 %-CI. RESULTS The response rate of the questionnaire accounted for 31.1 % (2565). 49.2 % of all respondents lived with an uncontrolled asthma with no differences between DMP-P and NP (ARR -2.7 %, 97.5 %-CI -7.9 -2.4 %). Results did not alter after adjustment for sex and age. The secondary questions revealed significant differences (DMP-P vs. NP) in participation in asthma trainings 50.6 vs. 32.3 %, use of a peak-flow-meter 49.3 vs. 25.3 % and asthma action plan within reach 21.7 vs. 11.0 %. CONCLUSION Half of all respondents lives selfreported - even in the DMP-group - with an uncontrolled asthma. Process parameters showed better results in the DMP-group. It can be considered, that the DMP has its desired effect on patient-centered care, but does not lead to a better therapeutic outcome. Explanations can only be assumed: insufficient impact of the process parameters on the outcome, patient behavior, that minimizes a possible effect, or selection effects, if patients, who were more sick and at the same time more motivated, were mainly included in the DMP. These aspects should be addressed in studies with a prospective design.
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- B Bücker
- Institut für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin, Fakultät für Gesundheit, Universität Witten / Herdecke
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- Institut für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin, Fakultät für Gesundheit, Universität Witten / Herdecke
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- Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Medizinische Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
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- Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Fakultät für Gesundheit, Universität Witten / Herdecke
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- Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Medizinische Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
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- Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Medizinische Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
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Schenk S, Löscher S, Mickley F, Hartmann A. Female patient with proximal myotonic myopathy and ventricular tachycardia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 94:754-60. [PMID: 16258778 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-005-0281-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2005] [Accepted: 05/23/2005] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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A 68-year-old woman with known proximal myotonic myopathy was transferred to our hospital for further diagnostic and therapeutic evaluation after successful termination of an episode of sustained ventricular tachycardia. In 2001, the myopathy was diagnosed after symptomatic weakness of the hip flexors. A cardiomyopathy with slight reduction of systolic left ventricular function was found in 2002. Coronary angiography excluded relevant coronary artery disease. The electrophysiologic examination could provoke atrial flutter, but neither a ventricular tachycardia nor a delay in the AV conduction was found. ECG and Holter ECG did not reveal any abnormalities. A reduction of the left ventricular systolic function (EF 45%) with normal size of cardiac chambers was demonstrated by echocardiography. It is known that in the patient group with myotonic dystrophies cardiac involvement manifests itself as cardiomyopathy, conduction disturbance or arrhythmia. However, only a small percentage of all patients with myotonic myopathy actually suffer from cardiac involvement. Among the different types of cardiac involvement, conduction disturbances requiring pacemaker implantation are most frequent. Only some patients develop ventricular tachycardias, and even cases of sudden cardiac death have been described. As a result of the case reports in the literature and the findings in our patient an ICD system was implanted on March 4, 2004.
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- S Schenk
- Städtisches Klinikum St. Georg, Delitzscher Str. 141, 04129 Leipzig, Germany
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