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Table 1 Study assessment procedures and timetable

From: Cooperation between geriatricians and general practitioners for improved pharmacotherapy in home-dwelling elderly people receiving polypharmacy – the COOP Study: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

 

Baseline visit

16 weeks follow-up

24 weeks follow-up

Assessments directly involving the patient

 Demographics, diagnoses, CIRS, MNA-SF

x

  

 15D

x

x

x

 SPPB + gait speed

x

x

x

 Hand grip strength

x

x

x

 Trail Making Test A + B

x

x

x

 Five Digits Test

x

x

x

 Digit Span

x

x

x

 Falls

 

x

x

 Orthostatic blood pressure

x

x

x

 Weight

x

x

x

Assessments of drug use

 Current drug use and changes in pharmacotherapy

x

x

x

 MAI

x

x

x

 AOU

x

x

x

Assessments based on observation and/or proxy information

 FIM

x

x

x

 CDR

x

  

Assessments based on information from a close relative

 15D

x

x

x

 RSS

x

x

x

 IQCODE

x

  

Administrative data

 Hospital admissions (with reasons)

 

x

x

 Number of days in own home

 

x

x

 Admission to permanent institutional care

 

x

x

 Use of home nursing service (hours per week)

x

x

x

 Mortality

 

x

x

  1. Abbreviations: CIRS Cumulative Illness Rating Scale, MNA-SF Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form, SPPB Short Physical Performance Battery, MAI Medication Appropriateness Index, AOU Assessment of Underutilization, FIM Functional Independence Measure, CDR Clinical Dementia Rating Scale, RSS Relative Stress Scale, IQCODE Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly