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Hospital pharmacists' opinions on a risk prediction tool for medication-related harm in older people
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posted on 2023-06-10, 04:40 authored by Ahmed Hussain, Khalid Ali, J Graham Davies, Jennifer M Stevenson, Samantha Lippett, Mairead O'Malley, Nikesh Parekh, Chakravarthi RajkumarChakravarthi RajkumarAim Older adults are particularly affected by medication-related harm (MRH) during transitions of care. There are no clinical tools predicting those at highest risk of MRH post-hospital discharge. The PRIME study (prospective study to develop a model to stratify the risk of MRH in hospitalized patients) developed and internally validated a risk-prediction tool (RPT) that provides a percentage score of MRH in adults over 65 in the eight-weeks following hospital discharge. This qualitative study aimed to explore the views of hospital pharmacists around enablers and barriers to clinical implementation of the PRIME-RPT. Methods Ten hospital pharmacists: (band 6 (n=3); band 7 (n=2); band 8 (n=5)) participated in semi-structured interviews at the Royal Sussex County Hospital (Brighton, UK). The pharmacists were presented with five case-vignettes each with a calculated PRIME-RPT score to help guide discussion. Case-vignettes were designed to be representative of common clinical encounters. Data were thematically analysed using a ‘framework’ approach. Results Seven themes emerged in relation to the PRIME-RPT: 1. providing a medicine-prioritisation aide; 2. acting as a deprescribing alert; 3. facilitating a holistic review of patient’s medication management; 4. simplifying communication of MRH to patients and the multidisciplinary team; 5. streamlining community follow-up and integration of risk discussion into clinical practice; 6. identifying barriers for the RPTs integration in clinical practice and 7. acknowledging its limitations. Conclusion Hospital pharmacists found the PRIME-RPT beneficial in identifying older patients at high-risk of MRH following hospital discharge, facilitating prioritising interventions to those at highest risk while still acknowledging its limitations.
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Br J Clin PharmacolISSN
0306-5251Publisher
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EnglandDepartment affiliated with
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: "Hospital Pharmacists’ opinions on a risk prediction tool for medication-related harm in older people", which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.15502. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.Full text available
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