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Ritchie, LA, Penson, PE, Akpan, A, Lip, GYH and Lane, DA (2024) Pharmacist-led intervention for older people with atrial fibrillation in long-term care (PIVOTALL study): a randomised pilot and feasibility study. BMC Geriatrics, 24 (1). ISSN 1471-2318
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Abstract
Background Older care home residents are a vulnerable group of people with atrial fibrillation (AF) at high risk of adverse health events. The Atrial Fibrillation Better Care (ABC: Avoid stroke; Better symptom management; Cardiovascular and other comorbidity management) pathway is the gold-standard approach toward integrated AF care, and pharmacists are a potential resource with regards to its’ implementation. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of pharmacist-led medicines optimisation in care home residents, based on the ABC pathway compared to usual care. Methods Individually randomised, prospective pilot and feasibility study of older (aged ≥ 65 years) care home residents with AF (ISRCTN14747952); residents randomised to ABC pathway optimised care versus usual care. The primary outcome was a description of study feasibility (resident and care home recruitment and retention). Secondary outcomes included the number and type of pharmacist medication recommendations and general practitioner (GP) implementation. Results Twenty-one residents were recruited and 11 (mean age [standard deviation] 85.0 [6.5] years, 63.6% female) were randomised to receive pharmacist-led medicines optimisation. Only 3/11 residents were adherent to all three components of the ABC pathway. Adherence was higher to ‘A’ (9/11 residents) and ‘B’ (9/11 residents) components compared to ‘C’ (3/11 residents). Four ABC-specific medicines recommendations were made for three residents, and two were implemented by residents’ GPs. Overall ABC adherence rates did not change after pharmacist medication review, but adherence to ‘A’ increased (from 9/11 to 10/11 residents). Other ABC recommendations were inappropriate given residents’ co-morbidities and risk of medication-related adverse effects. Conclusions The ABC pathway as a framework was feasible to implement for pharmacist medication review, but most residents’ medications were already optimised. Low rates of adherence to guideline-recommended therapy were a result of active decisions not to treat after assessment of the net risk–benefit.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1103 Clinical Sciences; 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences; Geriatrics |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica R Medicine > RT Nursing |
| Divisions: | Nursing & Allied Health Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences |
| Publisher: | Biomed Central |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jan 2024 13:10 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2024 13:15 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1186/s12877-023-04527-4 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22301 |
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