Monitoring Side Effects Of Pain Medication Prescribing By Emergency Department In Patients Over 65 (MOSE65)

Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria della Misericordia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Analgesics; Elderly; Acute Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02046681

AOSMariaMisericordia

Details and patient eligibility

About

Half of the people over the age of 65 are not functioning at their optimal level because of interference from pain. > 50% of older adults had taken prescriptions of pain medication beyond a 6-month period. In Emergency Department 80% of visits involving conditions with painful component. The study aims to observe and check side effects of most frequently pain killers prescribing at home to patients over 65 years old after a visit in emergency department.

Full description

• observe side effects of pain medications prescribed in emergency department to patient over 65 yo

Enrollment: 1,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 65 years or older
• new analgesic treatment po following emergency department visits
• easily reachable by phone

Exclusion criteria

• age under 65
• pt may not able to hear, or answer the phone
• pt with a history of dementia
• pt who already takes pain killer, or neuroleptics

Trial design

1,000 participants in 1 patient group

Acetam, acetam + codeine, Ibuprofen, Oxycodone

Description:

monitoring side effects of pain medication prescribed in patients over 65 acetaminophen 1000 mg tabs po q6h acetaminophen + codeine 500 mg tabs po q6h ibuprofen 200 mg tabs po q8h oxycodone 5 mg tabs po bid