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Medication review interventions for adults living with advanced chronic
kidney disease: a scoping review
Abstract
Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) were introduced into the National
Health Service (NHS) Primary Care to support the delivery of the NHS
Long-Term Plan for medicines optimisation. SMRs improve the quality of
care, reduce harm, and offer value for money. However, evidence to
support SMRs for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage G4-5D
with elevated risk of cardiovascular disease and premature mortality is
unknown. This scoping review aimed to assess the extent and nature of
SMR research in the population of patients with CKD stage G4-5D.
Electronic databases were searched on 20 October 2023. Studies were
eligible if they described an SMR in adults with CKD stage G4-5D,
regardless of the study design. Data detailing the global patterns,
population and intervention descriptions, professionals performing SMR,
and reported areas for future research were extracted. The extracted
outcome data were categorised as clinically important,
patient-important, medication-related, and experience-related. A
narrative synthesis was completed. Seventeen studies (81%) were
conducted in nephrology outpatient setting, three (14%) during acute
hospital admissions, and one (5%) within the community pharmacy.
Eighteen studies (86%) were quantitative, to include five randomised
controlled trials. Ten (48%) studies were undertaken in the United
States of America and Canada, and two in Europe (France and Norway). No
such studies have been conducted in the United Kingdom. Our review
revealed that there is a lack of evidence for SMR as a strategy to
reduce polypharmacy and harms from medication for adults with CKD stage
G4-5D. Therefore, further research is required in this area.