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Table 2 Characteristics of the study participants

From: Impact of training and structured medication review on medication appropriateness and patient-related outcomes in nursing homes: results from the interventional study InTherAKT

Nursing homes: baseline characteristics (n = 9)

 Number of care places n

occupied/ total

964/979

 Number of employees n

full-time equivalent/headcount

365/578

 General practice care M ± SD

collaborating GPs per NH

15.0 ± 6.3

 

monthly GP visits per NH (estimated)

3.0 ± 2.2

 Pharmaceutical care n

pharmacies supplying the participating NHs

9

Pharmacies: baseline characteristics (n = 9) a

 Number of employees M ± SD

state-approved pharmacists (headcount)

3.3 ± 1.3

GP offices: baseline characteristics (n = 11) a

 Number of employees M ± SD

GPs (headcount)

2.7 ± 1.3

 Number of treated patients M ± SD

estimated count of patients per quarter year

1945 ± 995

 Number of treated NHRs M ± SD

estimated count of currently treated NHRs

59 ± 38

 NH visits per GP n

not regularly

1

 

1/month

4

 

2–3/month

5

 

> 3/month

1

Residents: baseline characteristics (n = 120)

 Age in years M ± SD

85.2 ± 7.0

 

Min - max b

62–100

 Gender %

Male / female

27.5 / 72.5

 Reported diagnoses %

Arterial hypertension

71.0

 

Dementia

52.0

 

Depression

38.0

 

Cerebrovascular disease

34.0

 

Cardiac arrhythmias

34.0

 

Chronic renal disease

29.0

 

Diabetes mellitus

23.0

 

Coronary heart disease

22.0

 

Chronic heart failure

22.0

 

Malignant tumors

15.0

 

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

15.0

Residents: changes of functional characteristics during the study period (n = 83) c

t0

t2

 Barthel index range 0 (fully dependent) - 100 (fully independent) M ± SD

51.3 ± 28.7

43.6 ± 28.5

 Number of diagnoses per NHR M ± SD

12.3 ± 5.3

14.2 ± 6.9

 Presence of pain % (n = 71)

self-reported (VRS)/ external assessment (PAINAD)

77.5

66.2

 Levels of care n (%)

Care level 0

5 (6%)

3 (3.6%)

 

Care level 1

37 (44.6%)

32 (38.6%)

 

Care level 2

26 (31.3%)

30 (36.1%)

 

Care level 3

14 (16.9%)

17 (20.5%)

 

Hardship case

1 (1.2%)

1 (1.2%)

Residents: variables describing the intervention phases

t0 – t1

t1 – t2

 Physician/hospital consultations (n = 83)

number of NHRs n (%)

17 (20.5%)

n.a.

 

total number of consultations n

54

n.a.

 Falls (n = 83)

number of NHRs n (%)

12 (14.5%)

n.a.

 

total number of falls n

30

n.a.

 Mortality (n = 120)

number of deceased NHRs n (%)

17 (14.2%)

9 (7.5%)

 Mortality rate per month (n = 120)

number of deceased NHRs per 1000 per month n

14

15

  1. M Mean, SD Standard deviation, NH Nursing home, NHR Nursing home resident, VRS Verbal Rating Scale, PAINAD Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale, n.a. not available
  2. a Structural data were not available from 2 pharmacies and 3 GP offices
  3. b Two residents were under 65 years, yet included in the analysis
  4. c Residents with data collected at all testing times