Integrating pharmacists in residential aged care facilities to improve quality use of medicine

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Public Health; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12620000430932
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Canberra

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-04-01
• Last Update Posted: 16 October 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1188

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria for residential aged care facilities:
- An accredited facility
- Located in the ACT
- More than 20 beds

Inclusion criteria for residential aged care residents:
- Permanent resident in a facility that fits inclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Respite residential aged care facility residents will be excluded.

Existing government funded Residential Medication Management Review (RMMR) and Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) services conducted by pharmacists visiting residents in aged care facilities are excluded from intervention (on site pharmacist) activities.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary Outcome - Appropriateness of prescribing using Beers (2019) criteria[Baseline and 1 year after randomisation]