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Implementation of a Medication Care Plan to Reduce Unintentional Injury Among Rural Older Adults 60+ Years of Age

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University of Iowa · 2020

Abstract

The long-term goal of this pragmatic, cluster randomized study is to develop a sustainable program for healthcare systems to reduce fatal and nonfatal falls among high-risk older adults living independently in their communities. This study will examine how a medication care plan, grounded in established medication deprescribing and tapering frameworks, can be implemented in primary care clinics to reduce falls among older adults living in rural Iowa communities. The study is a collaboration between researchers and clinical pharmacists at the University of Iowa and a clinical team from the MercyOneSM Health Network, which is a non-academic healthcare system with significant reach into rural Iowa communities The study's specific goals are as followed: * Aim 1: Examine the effectiveness of a clinic-based, individualized medication care plan in reducing rates of all falls including medically treated falls (sub-aim 1a) and motor vehicle charges and crashes (sub-aim 1b) among older adults seen in rural primary care clinics. * Aim 2: Identify provider and patient factors that are associated with patient adherence to medication deprescribing and discontinuation recommendations. * Aim 3\*: Evaluate implementation of the medication care plan to understand its acceptability, usability and relevance among healthcare system administrators, clinics (clinic managers and clinical staff), providers (health coaches, pharmacists, prescribers) and participants. Note\*: Only Aims 1 and 2 (i.e., pertinent to the clinical trial) will be described in this clinicaltrials.gov study description. Intervention and control participants will participate in: * Baseline assessment * Quarterly follow-up assessments * Monthly falls tracking Additionally, intervention participants will receive: • An individualized medication action plan to deprescribe medications that put them at high risk for a fall Researchers will compare intervention and control participants for changes in self-reported fall rates (primary outcome), EMR-indicated medically-treated falls (secondary outcome), traffic-related charges (secondary outcome), and motor vehicle crashes (secondary outcome).

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Anonymous. (2020). Implementation of a Medication Care Plan to Reduce Unintentional Injury Among Rural Older Adults 60+ Years of Age. <em>University of Iowa</em>. https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04612166
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Anonymous. Implementation of a Medication Care Plan to Reduce Unintentional Injury Among Rural Older Adults 60+ Years of Age. University of Iowa. 2020.
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@misc{anon2020Implem, title = {Implementation of a Medication Care Plan to Reduce Unintentional Injury Among Rural Older Adults 60+ Years of Age}, author = {Anonymous}, journal = {University of Iowa}, year = {2020}, }

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