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. 2020 May 8;2020(5):CD012419. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012419.pub2

NCT02424786.

Methods RCT
Participants Inclusion: patients > 65 years in dialysis treatment or with CKD stage 5
Interventions Medication lists from patients randomised to the intervention group will be evaluated by the research physician with the help of STOPP/START criteria
Feedback on this screening will be given to the team responsible for patient treatment
Outcomes Medication non‐adherence ‐ measured by Morisky Medication Adherence Scale and visual adherence scale
Secondary outcomes: improvement in polypharmacy, associations between beliefs about medication/anxiety/depression with adherence and QoL, predictors of non‐adherence, risk factors for non‐adherence, changes in number of inappropriate medications
Notes NCT02424786
Start date: May 2015. Study completion: September 2017
Results manuscripts currently being prepared
Investigator contacted ‐ Krystina Parker confirmed: 180 patients, mean number of medications 11.1 (range 4 to 19)