International Workshop
Collaborative Strategies in Multimorbidity
Seventeen experts from five countries (Canada, Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands and Germany) participated in an interdisciplinary workshop that took place at the Institute for General Practice on February 4/5, 2011. Those that took part included research scientists from the fields of general practice, clinical pharmacology and gerontology, as well as methodologists.
The focus of the meeting was on multimorbidity and particularly on the increasing use of multimedication resulting from the demographic ageing of the population. Intensive discussions took place on model creation, concept development, epidemiology, the development of interventions, and improving healthcare for multimorbid patients. Two trials currently being conducted in Maastricht (PIL: Polypharmacy Intervention Limburg [link]) and Frankfurt (PRIMUM: PRIorisierung von MUltimedikation bei Multimorbidität [link]) were of central importance for the optimization of multimedication therapies. Special attention was also paid to specific methodological aspects characterizing the development, evaluation and implementation of complex interventions. Ways in which the participants can continue to cooperate in the future were also discussed.
Program: [PDF]
Partiipants : [PDF]
Publication: Muth C, Beyer M, Fortin M, Rochon J, Oswald F, Valderas JM, Harder S, Glynn L, Perera R, Freitag M, Kaspar R, Gensichen J, van den Akker M (2013) The case of Mr Curran: Multimorbidity's research challenges and priorities from a clinical perspective. European Journal of General Practice; Early Online: 1-9 [link]
Link: International Research Community on Multimorbidity [link]
The workshop was supported by the Association of Patrons and Friends of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main e.V.
