Status:
UNKNOWN
Subjective Factors of Polymedication in the Elderly: a Qualitative Study of the Perceptions of Patients, Relatives and Referent Physicians.(DOSAGE)
Lead Sponsor:
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Conditions:
Frail Elderly Syndrome
Eligibility:
All Genders
75+ years
Brief Summary
The DOSAGE Study is a qualitative transversal study aiming to describe and understand the subjective factors of polymedication in the elderly population (75 years old and more), defined as 10 simultan...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- For patients:
- Men and women aged 75 and over
- Beneficiary of a prescription of medicinal products fulfilling the conditions of major polymedication: to include 10 different drugs whatever the way of use (per os, subcutaneous, intravenous, intra muscular, cutaneous, instillation)
- Informed consent stating that the subject understood the purpose and methodology of the study and agrees to participate in the study.
- For the relatives:
- Men and women 18 years of age or older
- Informed consent
- Regularly participating in helping the patient's daily life
- For Physicians :
- Identified as the patient's physician or family physician.
- Informed consent
Exclusion
- Persons with proven and significant cognitive impairment preventing the completion of semi-strutured interviews
- Person who does not speak French easily
- Generally, any person unlikely to cooperate in the study
- Adults under guardianship
- Refusal of relatives and/or general practitioner to participate to the study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 16 2016
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
November 1 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03309228
Start Date
November 16 2016
End Date
November 1 2022
Last Update
July 18 2018
Active Locations (1)
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CHU de Besançon
Besançon, France