Effects of a medicine review and education programme for older people in general practice

Aims To determine whether a medicine review and education programme influences the compliance and knowledge of older people in general practice. Methods Older people taking at least three medicines were randomly allocated to a control or intervention group. Both groups received three visits from a clinical pharmacist: Visit 1: Assessment and patients' medicines rationalized in intervention group. Visit 2: Intervention group given medicines education. Visit 3: Knowledge and compliance in both groups assessed by structured questionnaire Results Compliance in the intervention group was 91.3%, compared with 79.5% in the control group (P