Intervention Study on Medication Reconciliation Among Pharmacists in Two Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria

University of Ibadan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intervention Study

Treatments: Other: Medication reconciliation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03182972

MR/UCH/FMC/73247

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will assess the current practice of medication reconciliation among pharmacists in the selected institutions with a view to making an intervention to address gaps discovered

Full description

Background information garnering will be done among the pharmacists in the two selected hospitals to collect data on current practice of medication reconciliation. Focus group discussion will be done in the intervention group so as to identify peculiarities of their practice and to provide the best approach to carrying out the intervention. Diabetes and hypertensive patients in medical outpatient clinic will be interviewed in order to assess current practice of medication reconciliation.

Intervention will be channeled towards addressing gaps discovered. University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State will be the intervention group, while University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara State will be the control group.

The effect of the intervention will be measured over time to ensure that medication reconciliation is implemented in the selected institutions.

Enrollment: 1,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participant has diabetes and/or hypertension
• Registered pharmacists in the selected institutions

Exclusion criteria

• Participants that are neither diabetic nor hypertensive
• Unregistered pharmacists in the selected institutions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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1,000 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention arm

Experimental group

Description:

Seminar presentation will be done using the followings: 1. Power point presentation on the following topics as it relates to medication reconciliation: 1. Communication skill (with patients and also with other members of the healthcare team) 2. Documentation of pharmaceutical care activities 3. Medication history taking 4. Drug therapy problems 5. Medication reconciliation practice 2. Case studies on medication reconciliation 3. Role plays on medication reconciliation

Treatment:

Other: Medication reconciliation

Control arm

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group