Analysis and Optimization of the Medication of multimorbid patients on acute geriatric wards - a prospective intervention study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Multimorbidity
- Registration Number
- DRKS00014560
- Lead Sponsor
- Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 411
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria are the prescription of at least five medications, age of 70 years or above, written informed consent and inpatient stay at Helios Klinikum Schwelm during study time
Exclusion Criteria
- no written informed consent
- Patient not able to give an Agreement
- life expectancy less than 48 hours
- palliative patients with a life expectancy less than one month
- communication problems (deaf and dumb/blind)
- inclusion in the study in the last three months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The Primary endpoint is a drug related Problem (DRP) defined as one of the following:<br>- potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) in the PRISCUS-list<br>- drug-drug-interaction (ABDA-database simultaneous application not recommended or more severe)<br>- adverse drug reaction (ADR)<br>- one drug without indication
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - number of drugs per Patient<br>- number of PRISCUS-PIM<br>- number of drugs not adapted to renal function<br>- number of drug-drug-interactions<br>- number of drugs without indication<br>- number and kind of adverse drug reaction<br>- MAI-Score