Hussain, Ahmed, Ali, Khalid, Davies, J Graham, Stevenson, Jennifer M, Lippett, Samantha, O'Malley, Mairead, Parekh, Nikesh and Rajkumar, Chakravarthi (2022) Hospital pharmacists' opinions on a risk prediction tool for medication-related harm in older people. Br J Clin Pharmacol. pp. 1-34. ISSN 0306-5251

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Abstract

Aim
Older adults are particularly affected by medication-related harm (MRH) during transitions of care. There are no clinical tools predicting those at highest risk of MRH post-hospital discharge. The PRIME study (prospective study to develop a model to stratify the risk of MRH in hospitalized patients) developed and internally validated a risk-prediction tool (RPT) that provides a percentage score of MRH in adults over 65 in the eight-weeks following hospital discharge. This qualitative study aimed to explore the views of hospital pharmacists around enablers and barriers to clinical implementation of the PRIME-RPT.

Methods
Ten hospital pharmacists: (band 6 (n=3); band 7 (n=2); band 8 (n=5)) participated in semi-structured interviews at the Royal Sussex County Hospital (Brighton, UK). The pharmacists were presented with five case-vignettes each with a calculated PRIME-RPT score to help guide discussion. Case-vignettes were designed to be representative of common clinical encounters. Data were thematically analysed using a ‘framework’ approach.

Results
Seven themes emerged in relation to the PRIME-RPT: 1. providing a medicine-prioritisation aide; 2. acting as a deprescribing alert; 3. facilitating a holistic review of patient’s medication management; 4. simplifying communication of MRH to patients and the multidisciplinary team; 5. streamlining community follow-up and integration of risk discussion into clinical practice; 6. identifying barriers for the RPTs integration in clinical practice and 7. acknowledging its limitations.

Conclusion
Hospital pharmacists found the PRIME-RPT beneficial in identifying older patients at high-risk of MRH following hospital discharge, facilitating prioritising interventions to those at highest risk while still acknowledging its limitations.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: "Hospital Pharmacists’ opinions on a risk prediction tool for medication-related harm in older people", which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.15502. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
Keywords:	frailty, medicines, older adults, polypharmacy, risk assessment, risk prediction
Schools and Departments:	Brighton and Sussex Medical School > Clinical and Experimental Medicine
SWORD Depositor:	Mx Elements Account
Depositing User:	Mx Elements Account
Date Deposited:	07 Sep 2022 09:25
Last Modified:	07 Sep 2022 09:30
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/107809

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