Comparative Study of the Performance of Drug Anamneses in an Emergency Department

Completed

• Conditions: Medication Adherence
• Interventions: Other: Emergency Care Unit - medicines

• Registration Number: NCT05951881
• Lead Sponsor: Grand Hôpital de Charleroi

Brief Summary

After the first medical history by the nurse and the emergency physician, the pharmacist and the pharmacy assistant take a detailed history of the patient's medications separately.

After checking with the patient's reference pharmacy, the pharmacist and pharmacy assistant compare their results.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-02-15
• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-07-11
• Study First Posted: 2023-07-19
• Primary Completion: 2023-10-15
• Study Completion: 2023-10-15
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-22
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Admission to the emergency care unit
• Over 18 years old
• Giving consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who do not take medication daily
• Unconscious patients

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Urgent care unit patients with medication	Emergency Care Unit - medicines	All patients admitted to the emergency department who agree to describe their medication

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of identical medication anamneses between pharmacist and pharmacy assistant	immediately after admission to the emergency department	A pharmacist and a pharmacy assistant will compare the medication history of all patients who meet the eligibility criteria

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

GHdC; 🇧🇪 Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium