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Table 1 Primary and secondary outcomes, instruments, and time-points

From: Impact of deprescribing intervention on potentially inappropriate medications and clinical outcomes among hospitalized older adults in Malaysia: a randomized controlled trial (REVMED RCT) protocol

 

Instruments

Time-points

Primary outcome

  

1. PIM

MALPIP

Admission, discharge, 6 months, 12 months and 18 months

2. Chronic medications

Medication prescribed continuously for more than 28 days prior to the assessment day

Admission, discharge, 6 months, 12 months and 18 months

Secondary outcome

  

1. Recommendations made by pharmacists and accepted by physicians

Pharmacists’ pharmacotherapy review form and patients’ case note

Discharge

2. Fall event

Medical records and self-reported using ICD-10 codes

discharge, 6 months, 12 months and 18 months

3. Emergency Department (ED) visit

Medical records and self-reported

6 months, 12 months and 18 months

4. ADE-related and all-cause readmissions

Medical records and self-reported

6 months, 12 months and 18 months

5. Quality of life

EQ-5D-5L

Admission, discharge, 6 months, 12 months and 18 months

6. Survival status

National Registration Department database

discharge, 6 months, 12 months and 18 months