Outcome | Mean | Med | Respondents scoring 7–9 ‘critically important’ (%) | Respondents scoring 1–3 ‘not important’ (%) | Consensus Result (In, Out, No consensus) |
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Number of medications | 7.3 | 8.0 | 83.3 | 11.1 | In |
Costs of prescribed medications | 6.3 | 7.0 | 61.1 | 11.1 | No consensus |
Medication wastage (and associated costs) | 6.6 | 7.0 | 66.7 | 5.6 | No consensus |
Polypharmacy (≥4 medicines) | 6.6 | 7.0 | 66.7 | 5.6 | No consensus |
Medication changes made (by anyone | 6.5 | 7.0 | 55.6 | 5.6 | No consensus |
Number of medication reviews conducted (by anyone) | 6.6 | 7.0 | 66.7 | 5.6 | No consensus |
Visits to outpatients (and associated costs) | 5.6 | 5.0 | 33.3 | 5.6 | No consensus |
Visits to/from GP (and associated costs) | 6.6 | 6.5 | 50.0 | 0 | No consensus |
Visits to/from nurse (and associated costs) | 6.1 | 6.5 | 50.0 | 0 | No consensus |
Acute kidney injury | 6.8 | 7.0 | 53.3 | 0 | No consensus |
Physical functioning | 6.5 | 7.0 | 61.1 | 5.6 | No consensus |
Behaviour | 6.9 | 7.0 | 61.1 | 5.6 | No consensus |
Cognitive functioning | 6.8 | 7.0 | 61.1 | 0 | No consensus |
Depression | 6.7 | 7.0 | 61.1 | 0 | No consensus |
Compliance with NICE guidelines | 6.4 | 7.0 | 55.6 | 16.7 | No consensus |
Compliance with medicines | 6.9 | 7.5 | 61.1 | 5.6 | No consensus |
Care home staff job satisfaction | 5.1 | 5.0 | 22.2 | 5.6 | No consensus |
Efficiency of medication administration by care home staff | 6.4 | 6.0 | 38.9 | 0 | No consensus |
Accuracy of administration of medications by care home staff | 7.3 | 7.0 | 55.6 | 0 | No consensus |
Anticholinergic burden | 7.3 | 7.0 | 75.0 | 0 | In |