Pharmaceutical Care in Emergency Department

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Medication Adherence; Hypertension; Diabetes Mellitus
• Interventions: Other: Pharmaceutical care

• Registration Number: NCT01978925
• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Moinhos de Vento

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of pharmaceutical care, compared to usual care, in patient discharge in an emergency department in patients with hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus type 2.

Detailed Description

This is a randomized controlled, single-center study, with blinding of outcome assessors. A pilot study with ten patients was previously conducted in order to test study logistics and data collection instruments. Participants will be recruited from a public ED at Restinga district in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-11
• Study First Submitted: 2013-11-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-11-01
• Study First Posted: 2013-11-08
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Status Verified: 2015-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-05-19
• Last Update Posted: 2015-05-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 380

Inclusion Criteria

• Blood pressure inadequate control (systolic blood pressure ≥ 160 or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 100 mmHg) or
• Diabetes mellitus inadequate Control( ≥ 200 mg/dL) or hypoglycemia moderate or severe
• Be referred to clinical care.

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Exclusion Criteria

• < 18 years
• Not resident of Porto Alegre
• Diabetes mellitus type I
• Unable to answer the questionnaire or to sign the informed consent form
• Hospital admission
• Death

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Pharmaceutical care	Pharmaceutical care	In the ED, immediately after discharge, participants randomized to the pharmaceutical care group will receive intervention coordinated by the study pharmacist.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Medication Adherence	Two months	Outcome of interest: High Adherence According to the Brief Medication Questionnaire and Morisky-Green Test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of Life	Two months
Blood Pressure Control	Two months
Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) for diabetic patients	two months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Emergency Department - Hospital Moinhos de Vento; 🇧🇷 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil