Effects of a Clinical Pharmacist Service on Health-related Quality of Life

Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Quality of Life

Treatments: Other: Pharmacist service

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01016301

CPS1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study is to evaluate effects of a clinical pharmacist service on health-related quality of life and prescribing of drugs.

Full description

A randomized controlled trial is performed in two internal medicine wards at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients admitted to the wards during week days after decision of a ward physician or nurse if the medical condition allows inclusion

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusion criteria are poor Swedish language and planned discharge before the intervention can be performed.
• Patients transferred to wards not belonging to the department of medicine or other hospitals during the hospital stay are also excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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400 participants in 2 patient groups

Pharmacist service,

Active Comparator group

Description:

The pharmacist service consists of medication review, drug treatment discussion with the patient, and a medication report.

Treatment:

Other: Pharmacist service

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care