Personal Health Records and Elder Medication Use Quality

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Adverse Reaction to Drug, Health Behavior, Medication Adherence, Physician-Patient Relations

In brief

Purpose: To examine the impact of a personal health record (PHR) on medication use safety among older adults. Background: Online PHRs have potential as tools to manage health information. We know little about how to make PHRs accessible for older adults and what effects this will have. Methods: A PHR was designed and pretested with older adults and tested in a six-month randomized controlled trial. After completing mailed baseline questionnaires, eligible computer users aged 65 and over were randomized 3:1 to be given access to a PHR (n=802) or serve as a standard care control group (n=273). Follow-up questionnaires measured change from baseline medication use, medication reconciliation behaviors, and medication management problems.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02012712

Run by

University of Iowa

People needed

1163

Starts

2010-07-01

Expected to finish

2011-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-08-28

Who can join

Age: 65 and older, up to 95. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Computer use within the past month.
• Age 65+

Where it is running

• University of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa, United States

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