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Knowledge on and use of the FORTA (“Fit fOR The Aged”)-list and the FORTA App by general practitioners in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

PURPOSE: Drug treatment of older people is complicated as multimorbidity and polypharmacy are highly prevalent. To increase the drug appropriateness in older people, the FORTA (“Fit fOR The Aged”)-list was developed. A survey was designed to describe knowledge and use of the FORTA list and the relat...

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Autores principales: Meyer, Liesbeth, Wehling, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8270821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32297266
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41999-020-00311-4
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description PURPOSE: Drug treatment of older people is complicated as multimorbidity and polypharmacy are highly prevalent. To increase the drug appropriateness in older people, the FORTA (“Fit fOR The Aged”)-list was developed. A survey was designed to describe knowledge and use of the FORTA list and the related FORTA App in a German state. METHODS: Survey conducted among 872 general practitioners (GP) from districts (n = 694; 79.6%) or from district-free cities (n = 178; 20.4%) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany who were contacted by e-mail and/or phone. RESULTS: The response rate was 9.4%. 48% of GP claim to know the FORTA list, 54.5% the FORTA App. 32.5% use one of them regularly, 27% at least once a week. CONCLUSIONS: Responding GP expose knowledge and use of the FORTA list and/or the App exceeding expectations given the limited time since the wider appearance of either tool. These results, though limited by a low response rate, tentatively indicate their successful dissemination underlining utility, implementability and teachability.
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spelling pubmed-82708212021-07-20 Knowledge on and use of the FORTA (“Fit fOR The Aged”)-list and the FORTA App by general practitioners in Baden-Württemberg, Germany Meyer, Liesbeth Wehling, Martin Eur Geriatr Med Brief Report PURPOSE: Drug treatment of older people is complicated as multimorbidity and polypharmacy are highly prevalent. To increase the drug appropriateness in older people, the FORTA (“Fit fOR The Aged”)-list was developed. A survey was designed to describe knowledge and use of the FORTA list and the related FORTA App in a German state. METHODS: Survey conducted among 872 general practitioners (GP) from districts (n = 694; 79.6%) or from district-free cities (n = 178; 20.4%) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany who were contacted by e-mail and/or phone. RESULTS: The response rate was 9.4%. 48% of GP claim to know the FORTA list, 54.5% the FORTA App. 32.5% use one of them regularly, 27% at least once a week. CONCLUSIONS: Responding GP expose knowledge and use of the FORTA list and/or the App exceeding expectations given the limited time since the wider appearance of either tool. These results, though limited by a low response rate, tentatively indicate their successful dissemination underlining utility, implementability and teachability. Springer International Publishing 2020-03-17 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC8270821/ /pubmed/32297266 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41999-020-00311-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2020, corrected publication 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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title_full Knowledge on and use of the FORTA (“Fit fOR The Aged”)-list and the FORTA App by general practitioners in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
title_fullStr Knowledge on and use of the FORTA (“Fit fOR The Aged”)-list and the FORTA App by general practitioners in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge on and use of the FORTA (“Fit fOR The Aged”)-list and the FORTA App by general practitioners in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
title_short Knowledge on and use of the FORTA (“Fit fOR The Aged”)-list and the FORTA App by general practitioners in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
title_sort knowledge on and use of the forta (“fit for the aged”)-list and the forta app by general practitioners in baden-württemberg, germany
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