Effect of Medication Reviews in Hospitalized High-risk Patients - a Randomised Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 600
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Medication errors
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of the study is to examine whether a stratified medication review performed in patients at highest risk of experiencing medication errors have impact on numbers of medication errrors during hospitalization.
详细描述
Acutely admitted medical patients will be included after admission. After inclusion and randomization the patients will be risk stratified with an existing algorithm according to risk of medication error. The patients in the intervention group will receive a medication review performed by a clinical pharmacist if they are in high medication error risk. Patients in highest medication error risk will recieve a medication review performed by a clinical pharmacologist.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Acutely admitted
- •>17 years
- •Patients being treated with at least one drug at admission
排除标准
- •Dying patients
- •Suicidal patients
- •Intoxicated patients
结局指标
主要结局
Medication errors
时间窗: During hospitalization ie. between 8 hours and approximately 20 days
Medication errors are defined as errors in prescribing that has the potential to harm patients or actually harm patients. This will be assessed by checking the medical records. Two independent experts will do this.
次要结局
- hospital readmissions (all-cause)(3 months after discharge)