Rationalisation of Polypharmacy by the RASP-instrument and Discharge Counselling of Geriatric Inpatients

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Polypharmacy

Treatments: Procedure: Medication review and discharge counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05816967

S59694

Details and patient eligibility

About

Systematic evaluation of polypharmacy in geriatric patients, through a validated list by a clinical pharmacist. The goal is reduction of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs). A brief counseling session with the patient and/or his/her caregiver will be part of the intervention.

Full description

This project is focused on the systematic evaluation of polypharmacy in older patients admitted to the acute geriatric wards of a university hospital. Polypharmacy will be identified through a validated list by a clinical pharmacist. The goal is reduction of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs). Before hospital discharge the hospital pharmacist will have a brief counseling session with the patient and/or his/her caregiver in order to discuss the medication list and to enhance compliance.

Sex: All

Ages: 75+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Informed consent by the patient and/or his/her caregiver
• Admission through the emergency department of patients coming from home or a residential care facility

Exclusion criteria

• Patients not speaking Dutch
• Patients admitted for end of life care
• Patients not taking any drugs on admission

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

In the monocentric interventional part of the study, the effect of discharge counseling on the acceptance of pharmacotherapeutic recommendations will be evaluated 1 and 3 months after discharge.

Treatment:

Procedure: Medication review and discharge counseling