Pharmaceutical Care in VA Nursing Home

Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Focus on the Elderly in a Nursing Home

Treatments: Other: Pharmaceutical care

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01823757

VGHTCPHARMACY1

TCVGHPHARM_RESEARCH_1 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study investigates the effect of pharmaceutical care on a Veteran nursing home. 100 patients will be selected into this controlled study.The hypothesis are:

1. After patients receive pharmaceutical care, their drug related problems will be decreased.
2. After patients received pharmaceutical care, their self-reported medical expenditure will be decreased.

Full description

Around 200 residents in a Veteran nursing home will be selected for reviewing inclusion and exclusion criteria. A total of 100 subjected are selected into this randomized controlled trial. Each group will have 50 subjects and then divides into 4 subgroup, according to their drug items used (5-7 and over 8 items used).

The inclusion criteria:

1. Residents of the Veteran nursing home.
2. over 65 years old.
3. complete comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)
4. prescription drugs more than 4 times/day, excluding stat order.
5. with 2 or more chronic diseases.

Exclusion criteria:

1. residents who were in the pharmaceutical care project of Taiwan Pharmacists Association.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Residents in the Veteran nursing home
• Age over 65 years old
• Complete Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
• Use more than 4 drug item per day (excluding stat order)
• subjects with more than 2 chronic diseases.

Exclusion criteria

• subjects who were in pharmaceutical care project of Taiwan Pharmacist Association.

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Non-pharmaceutical care

Description:

Veterans do not receiving pharmaceutical care

Pharmaceutical care

Description:

Veterans receiving pharmaceutical care

Treatment:

Other: Pharmaceutical care