Participant data for a preliminary feasibility assessment of a targeted, pharmacist-led intervention for older adults with polypharmacy

Background: Polypharmacy is associated with inappropriate prescribing and avoidable medicines-related harm. A novel pharmacist-led intervention has been developed to facilitate a targeted approach to identify and resolve inappropriate prescribing in older adults with polypharmacy.Aim: To conduct a preliminary feasibility assessment of the intervention in primary care, testing whether specific components of the intervention procedures and processes can be executed as intended.Method: In this mixed-methods study, patients were recruited from a New Zealand general practice clinic over a four-week recruitment period to receive the intervention. Process fidelity, patient, and clinician perspectives were collected. Quantitative data were analysed based on the study's progression criteria to determine whether a clinical trial of the full-scale intervention is warranted. Qualitative data were subjected to thematic analysis to identify facilitators and barriers to implementation.Approval for data collection: All participants provided informed consent to participate in the study and for data collection. All participants provided informed consent to the publication of the study data, with the understanding that it will not contain information that could identify them individually.

背景：多药并用与处方不当及可避免的药物相关伤害相关。一项创新性的药师主导的干预措施已被开发，旨在促进对老年多药并用患者中处方不当的针对性识别和解决。目标：对干预措施在初级保健中的初步可行性进行评估，检验干预程序和流程的特定组成部分是否能够按预期执行。方法：在本项混合方法研究中，患者来自新西兰一家普通诊所，在为期四周的招募期间接受干预。收集了过程忠实度、患者和临床医生的观点。基于研究进展标准对定量数据进行分析，以确定是否需要进行全面干预措施的临床试验。对定性数据进行了主题分析，以识别实施过程中的促进因素和障碍。数据收集批准：所有参与者均提供了参与研究和数据收集的知情同意，并同意其研究数据可用于发表，同时理解所发表的数据将不包含可能识别其个人的信息。