Medication Safety of Elderly Patients in Hospital and Ambulatory Setting

RWTH Aachen University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pharmaceutical Care; Medication Safety; Health Services for the Aged; Hospital Readmission; Elderly

Treatments: Other: Pharmaceutical Care Service

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01578525

11-192

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether additional pharmaceutical care for elderly patients (home-cared patients, nursing-home residents) has a positive impact on drug-related readmissions.

Enrollment: 61 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patient 65 years old or older
• patient admitted to one of the project wards
• minimum hospitalization: 3 days
• written informed consent (patient or the legal representative)
• current medication of the patient at hospitalization

Exclusion criteria

• patients included in this study previously

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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61 participants in 2 patient groups

standard care

No Intervention group

Description:

Standard care (by German definition), traditional care by physician and nurse on the ward

Intensified standard care

Other group

Description:

Intensified standard care: traditional care by physician and nurse, additional pharmaceutical care by a pharmacist during hospitalization

Treatment:

Other: Pharmaceutical Care Service