Delivering a home-based medication review, process measures from the HOMER randomised controlled trial

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-79

  Holland, Richard ^a   Lenaghan, Elizabeth ^a   Smith, Richard ^a   Lipp, Alistair ^b   Christou, Maria ^c   Evans, David ^d   Harvey, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Great Yarmouth Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d Pharmaceutical Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG STORAGE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHARMACIST; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33644598346     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/ijpp.14.1.0009     Document Type: Review

References (38)

1. National Service Framework for Older People. London: Department of Health; 2001.
2. Nuffield Committee of Inquiry into Pharmacy. Pharmacy: a report to the Nuffield Foundation. London: Nuffield Foundation; 1986.
3. Roberts DK. A domiciliary clinical pharmacy service. J R Soc Health 1987;5:172-7.
4. Naylor R. Mediction errors: lessons for education and health-care. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd; 2002.
5. Schneider J, Barber N. Provision of a domiciliary service by community pharmacists. Int J Pharm Pract 1996;4:19-24.
6. Oxley D. Providing a pharmacy service to the over 75s - need they be visited at home? Pharm J 1999;262:888-90.
7. Begley S, Livingstone C, Hodges N, Williamson V. Impact of domiciliary pharmacy visits on medication management in an elderly population. Int J Pharm Pract 1997;5:111-21.
8. Sidel VW, Beizer JL, Lisi-Fazio D et al. Controlled study of the impact of educational home visits by pharmacists to high-risk older patients. J Commun Health 1990;15:163-74.
9. Stewart S, Pearson S, Luke CG, Horowitz JD. Effects of home-based intervention on unplanned readmissions and out-of-hospital deaths. J Am Geriatr Soc 1998;46:174-80.
10. Holland R, Lenaghan E, Harvey I et al. Does home based medication review keep older people out of hospital? The HOMER randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2005;330:293.
11. Petty, DR, Raynor, T, Zermansky, A, Alldred, D, Bowie, P, Freemantle, N. HOMER trial was not a clinical medication review, http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/ cgi/eletters/330/7486/293 (accessed October 31, 2005).
12. Green, DR. Response to HOMER trial paper. http://bmj. bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/330/7486/293 (accessed October 31, 2005).
13. Bowyer, CS, Todd, G, Barnett, N. Pharmacist Medication Reviews, http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/330/7486/293 (accessed 31 October 31, 2005).
14. Moberley T. Medication reviews hang in balance. Pharm J 2005;274:106.
15. Hinde M. Pharmacy Outreach Project - second interim report. Norwich: The Hinde Consultancy; 1998.
16. Task Force on Medicines Partnership and The National Collaborative Medicines Management Services Programme. Room for review: a guide to medication review: the agenda for patients, practitioners and managers. Wallingford: Pharmaceutical Press; 2003.
17. Jitapunkul S, Pillay I, Ebrahim S. The abbreviated mental test: its use and validity. Age Ageing 1991;20:332-6.
18. Holland R, Lenaghan E, Daly C. HOMER trial medication review manual. Norwich: University of East Anglia; 2000.
19. Implementing medicines related aspects of the NSF for older people. London: Department of Health; 2001.
20. STATA, Version 8.2. Texas, USA: StataCorp LP; 2004.
21. Salter CI. Medication review: a study of the pharmacist-older person encounter using discourse analysis. Norwich: University of East Anglia (PhD thesis); 2005.
22. Naylor DM, Oxley DV. Assessing the need for a domiciliary pharmaceutical service for elderly patients using a coding system to record and quantify data. Pharm J 1997;258:479-84.
23. Nazareth I, Burton A, Shulman S, Smith P, Haines A, Timberal H. A pharmacy discharge plan for hospitalized elderly patients - a randomized controlled trial. Age Ageing 2001;30:33-40.
24. Raynor DK, Nicolson M, Nunney J, Petty D, Vail A, Davies L. The development and evaluation of an extended adherence support programme by community pharmacists for elderly patients at home. Int J Pharm Pract 2000;8:157-64.
25. Sellors J, Kaczorowski J, Sellors C et al. A randomized controlled trial of a pharmacist consultation program for family physicians and their elderly patients [comment]. Can Med Assoc J 2003;169:17-22.
26. Krska J, Cromarty JA, Arris F et al. Pharmacist-led medication review in patients over 65: a randomized, controlled trial in primary care. Age Ageing 2001;30:205-11.
27. Hanlon JT, Weinberger M, Samsa GP et al. A randomized, controlled trial of a clinical pharmacist intervention to improve inappropriate prescribing in elderly outpatients with polypharmacy. Am J Med 1996;100:428-37.
28. Zermansky AG, Petty DR, Raynor DK, Freemantle N, Vail A, Lowe CJ. Randomised controlled trial of clinical medication review by a pharmacist of elderly patients receiving repeat prescriptions in general practice [comment]. BMJ 2001;323:1340-3.
29. Grymonpre RE, Williamson DA, Huynh DH, Desilets LM. A community-based pharmaceutical care model for the elderly: report on a pilot project. Int J Pharm Pract 1994;2:229-34.
30. Grymonpre RE, Williamson DA, Montgomery PR. Impact of a pharmaceutical care model for non-institutionalised elderly: results of a randomised, controlled trial. Int J Pharm Pract 2001;9:235-41.
31. Krass I, Smith C. Impact of medication regimen reviews performed by community pharmacists for ambulatory patients through liaison with general medical practitioners. Int J Pharm Pract 2000;8:111-20.
32. Ellis SL, Billups SJ, Malone DC et al. Types of interventions made by clinical pharmacists in the IMPROVE study. Impact of Managed Pharmaceutical Care on Resource Utilization and Outcomes in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Pharmacotherapy 2000;20:429-35.
33. Lipton HL, Bero LA, Bird JA, McPhee SJ. The impact of clinical pharmacists' consultations on physicians' geriatric drug prescribing. A randomized controlled trial. Med Care 1992; 30:646-58.
34. Volume CI, Farris KB, Kassam R, Cox CE, Cave A. Pharmaceutical care research and education project: patient outcomes. J Am Pharm Assoc 2001;41:411-20.
35. Gait KA. Cost avoidance, acceptance, and outcomes associated with a pharmacotherapy consult clinic in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Pharmacotherapy 1998;18:1103-11.
36. Begley S, Livingstone C, Hodges N, Williamson V. Evaluation of pharmacist interventions during domiciliary visits. Pharm J (Pract Res Suppl) 1996;257:41.
37. Mason JD, Colley CA. Effectiveness of an ambulatory care clinical pharmacist: a controlled trial. Ann Pharmacother 1993; 27:555-9.
38. A sweet pill for pharmacists. Agreement reached on new community pharmacy contract. London: Department of Health; 2004.