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The impact of residential medication management reviews (RMMRs) on medication regimen complexity

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posted on 2023-05-20, 06:43 authored by Mahsa Pouranayatihosseinabad, Syed Razi ZaidiSyed Razi Zaidi, Gregory PetersonGregory Peterson, Nishtala, PS, Hannan, P, Ronald CastelinoRonald Castelino

Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to investigate the impact of RMMRs on medication regimen complexity, as assessed by a validated measure.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of RMMRs pertaining to 285 aged care residents aged ≥ 65 years in Sydney, Australia. Medication regimen complexity was measured using the Medication Regimen Complexity Index (MRCI) at baseline, after pharmacists’ recommendations (assuming that all of the pharmacists’ recommendations were accepted by the General Practitioner (GP)), and after the actual uptake of pharmacists’ recommendations by the GP. Differences in the regimen complexity was measured using the Wilcoxon sign rank test.

Results: Pharmacists made 764 recommendations (average 2.7 recommendations per RMMR), of which 569 (74.5%) were accepted by GPs. The median MRCI at baseline in the sample was 25.5 (IQR = 19.0– 32.5). No statistically significant differences were demonstrated in the MRCI scores after pharmacists’ recommendations (p = 0.53) or after GPs’ acceptance of these recommendations (p = 0.07) compared to the baseline.

Conclusion: Our study revealed high acceptance of pharmacists’ recommendations by GPs. This suggests that RMMRs are useful for identifying and resolving drug-related issues among residents of ACFs. However, our study failed to show a significant effect of RMMRs in reducing the medication regimen complexity, as measured by the MRCI. Further studies are needed to establish the association of medication regimen complexity and clinical outcomes in residents of ACFs.

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Publication title

Postgraduate Medicine

Volume

130

Issue

6

Pagination

575-579

ISSN

0032-5481

Department/School

School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Publisher

Mcgraw Hill Healthcare Publications

Place of publication

4530 West 77Th St, Minneapolis, USA, Mn, 55435-5000

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© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group

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Socio-economic Objectives

Clinical health not elsewhere classified; Evaluation of health and support services not elsewhere classified

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