Deprescribing in Hospice Patients: Discontinuing Aspirin, Multivitamins, and Statins.
Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes
; 5(4): 721-726, 2021 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-34355129
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To facilitate deprescribing of aspirin, multivitamins, and statins in hospice patients enrolled in Mayo Clinic Hospice, Rochester, Minnesota. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
During the fall of 2019, we conducted a quality improvement project to improve care of Mayo Clinic Hospice patients by decreasing the percentage of patients taking aspirin, multivitamins, or statins. Project interventions included the addition of a palliative medicine fellow to the hospice interdisciplinary team, nurse education, and implementation of an evidence-based deprescribing resource tool. The resource tool included a communication framework to guide deprescribing conversations and a literature summary supporting deprescribing. The project team recorded the number of patients taking 1 of these medications by intermittently surveying the hospice census. Process and counterbalance measures were tracked with online surveys of hospice nursing staff.RESULTS:
At the start of the project, 22 of 69 patients (32%) were taking aspirin, a multivitamin, or a statin. After introduction of the deprescribing resource tool and the addition of a palliative medicine fellow to the interdisciplinary team, this was reduced to 20 of 83 patients (24%), a 24% decrease. Results appeared to be driven primarily by a reduction in multivitamin use (33% decrease). Self-reported comfort and knowledge about deprescribing improved among the hospice nursing staff, as did satisfaction in their workflow from 5.4 to 6.0 (maximum, 7).CONCLUSION:
The addition of a dedicated team member to address medication issues and provision of an evidence-based deprescribing resource tool appear to reduce the use of unnecessary and potentially harmful medications in ambulatory hospice patients.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Language:
En
Journal:
Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Mongolia