MATCH-D Medication Appropriateness Tool for Comorbid Health conditions during Dementia

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The MATCH-D criteria was developed by a team of Australian researchers at the University of Western Australia and the University of Sydney.  The papers are all available as Open Access publications.  It is now being tested in a randomised controlled trial funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

Publications:

The enablers and barriers to implementing the MATCH-D criteria:

Page AT, Clifford RM, Potter K, Seubert L, McLachlan AJ, Hill X, King S, Clark V, Ryan C, Parekh N, Etherton-Beer CD. Exploring the enablers and barriers to implementing the Medication Appropriateness Tool for Comorbid Health conditions during Dementia (MATCH-D) criteria in Australia: a qualitative study. BMJ open. 2017 Aug 1;7(8):e017906.

The published Criteria:

Page, A., Potter, K., Clifford, R., McLachlan, A. J. and Etherton-Beer, C. (2016), MedicationAppropriateness Tool for Comorbid Health conditions in Dementia (MATCH-D): Consensus recommendations from a multidisciplinary expert panel. Intern Med J. In Press.

The systematic review and protocol to inform the development of the MATCH-D criteria

The protocol for the MATCH-D criteria:

Page A, Potter K, Clifford R, McLachlan A, Etherton-Beer C. Prescribing for Australians living with dementia: study protocol using the Delphi technique. BMJ open. 2015 Aug 1;5(8):e008048.

The systematic literature review to inform their development:

Page A, Etherton‐Beer C, Seubert LJ, Clark V, Hill X, King S, Clifford RM. Medication use to manage comorbidities for people with dementia: a systematic review. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research. 2018 Aug;48(4):356-67.

Why do we need the MATCH-D criteria?

Most people living with dementia have at least one other health condition. They often use medications to manage their other health conditions, but we don’t have much information to guide us on whether this is appropriate. Information to help us optimise medication use for older adults generally are helpful, but people living with dementia have specific needs as they are living with a progressive life-limiting condition.

About MATCH-D

The MATCH-D statements are in the broad themes of preventative medication, symptom management, disease progression, psycho-active medication, treatment goals, principles of medication use, side effects, and medication reviews.

Research Team

The MATCH-D criteria was developed by an interprofessional team of Australian researchers. Dr Amy Theresa Page, Dr Kathleen Potter, Professor Rhonda Clifford and Associate Professor Christopher Etherton-Beer at the University of Western Australia and Professor Andrew McLachlan at the University of Sydney.

Research Centre

WA Centre for Health and Ageing, University of Western Australia Centre for Optimisation of Medicines, University of Western Australia

Published Research

The development of the MATCH-D is published research is available in the Internal Medicine Journal.

The enablers and barriers are published in the BMJ Open.

 

The systematic review that informed the MATCH-D criteria and the protocol are also published.

 

The publications are Open Access, meaning they are available free of charge.

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MATCH-D Criteria

Checklists – Health professional use

PDF – Early stage, Mid stage, Late stage

DOCX – Early stage, Mid stage, Late stage