A prospective cohort study of the effect of deprescribing on mortality and readmission in a population of elderly inpatients discharged to a nursing home.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- polypharmacyPublic Health - Health service research
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12616001336471
- Lead Sponsor
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Stopped early
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
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).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method