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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12616001336471
ACTRN12616001336471
Terminated
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A prospective cohort study of the effect of deprescribing on mortality and readmission in a population of elderly inpatients discharged to a nursing home.

Royal Adelaide Hospital0 sites200 target enrollmentSeptember 26, 2016

Overview

Phase
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Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Enrollment
200
Status
Terminated
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
September 26, 2016
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Medical inpatient older than age 75
  • 1\. Prescribed five or more regularly scheduled medications
  • 2\. Discharge destination is a residential care facility
  • 3\. In\-hospital length of stay greater than 48 hours

Exclusion Criteria

  • terminally ill patient whose death is expected within 30 days;
  • 1\. A patient less than 75 years of age;
  • 2\. Any patient not being discharged to residential care;
  • 3\. Any patient deemed inappropriate for enrolment by the attending medical team;
  • 4\. Patients with length of stay less than 48 hours (to avoid the bias of the patient not acutely unwell; e.g. sent to the Emergency Department to have a chronic indwelling catheter changed).

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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