Table 4 Effects of the CMR apart from medication changes
Effects of the CMR | Quotes |
|---|---|
The CMR stimulated GPs to critically reflect on the medication more than usual and to make more conscious decisions. | Of course you engage more intensively with the patient and what he actually has to swallow. (GP 1) |
With other things I looked them up again and assured myself. It really is a push to grapple with things again that one should actually be mastering. (GP 18) | |
The CMR increased GPs’ awareness of risks associated with drug use in polypharmacy patients. | What is good about it, of course, it makes me aware again and again. (GP 4) |
The CMR supported GPs in the dialogue with other medical specialists as the CMR provided good evidence for the GPs’ decision. | I can now say that the European study has recommended it. (GP 10) |
GPs were able to transfer CMR results to patients outside of the study. | [I] changed quite a bit and also discontinued [some drugs] and it didn’t affect the treatment of the patients negatively. Rather positively, because I tried harder to notice the one or other and also with patients not participating in the study. (GP 8) |