Baseline data

The following baseline data were collected: Age, sex, number of different medicines, Drug Burden Index4 calculated using the Irish Drug Burden Index list5 as an estimate of anticholinergic and sedative drug exposure, number of admissions the last 3 months, any falls the last 3 months (yes or no), weight, height, body mass index, nursing home resident (yes or no), home care (including frequency of visits), who dispensed the patient’s medicine (the patient, relative, home nurse, nursing home or other), who referred the patient to the outpatient clinic (the patient’s general practitioner, the geriatric department or another department), what was the patient referred to (geriatric assessment, follow up after admission or the falls clinic), diagnoses registered in the electronic health record, Charlson Comorbidity Index,6 FRAIL scale,7 and whether the patient was motivated for medicine changes (yes or no).