Eine klinische Studie mit dem Ziel der Medikamentenoptimierung bei älteren Patienten mit mehreren chronischen Krankheiten und Polymedikation (die OPTICA Studie)

Device: STRIPA intervention;Other: Sham intervention

Inclusion Criteria

- Being a regular patient of participating GP

- Age: 65 years of age or older

- Multimorbidity: 3 or more coexistent chronic conditions defined by 3 distinct
International Classification in Primary Care -2 (ICPC-2) codes defined as chronic
(O'Halloran et al., 2004) with an estimated duration of 6 months or more, or based on
a clinical decision supported by Pharmacost Groups (PCG) for chronic conditions in an
algorithm from FIRE

- Polypharmacy: Use of five or more different regular drugs (defined as authorized
medications with registration numbers) for more than 30 days before signing the
informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria

- Inability to provide informed consent from a patient or to obtain informed consent
from a proxy for patients with cognitive impairment

- If the patient is already participating in the a different interventional study