Pharmaceutical Care in VA Nursing Home

• Conditions: Focus on the Elderly in a Nursing Home
• Interventions: Other: Pharmaceutical care

• Registration Number: NCT01823757
• Lead Sponsor: Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Brief Summary

This study investigates the effect of pharmaceutical care on a Veteran nursing home. 100 patients will be selected into this controlled study.The hypothesis are:

1. After patients receive pharmaceutical care, their drug related problems will be decreased.

2. After patients received pharmaceutical care, their self-reported medical expenditure will be decreased.

Detailed Description

Around 200 residents in a Veteran nursing home will be selected for reviewing inclusion and exclusion criteria. A total of 100 subjected are selected into this randomized controlled trial. Each group will have 50 subjects and then divides into 4 subgroup, according to their drug items used (5-7 and over 8 items used).

The inclusion criteria:

1. Residents of the Veteran nursing home.

2. over 65 years old.

3. complete comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)

4. prescription drugs more than 4 times/day, excluding stat order.

5. with 2 or more chronic diseases.

Exclusion criteria:

1. residents who were in the pharmaceutical care project of Taiwan Pharmacists Association.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-03-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-03-29
• Study Start: 2013-04
• Study First Posted: 2013-04-04
• Status Verified: 2014-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-08-27
• Last Update Posted: 2014-08-28
• Primary Completion: 2015-07
• Study Completion: 2015-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Residents in the Veteran nursing home
• Age over 65 years old
• Complete Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
• Use more than 4 drug item per day (excluding stat order)
• subjects with more than 2 chronic diseases.

Exclusion Criteria

• subjects who were in pharmaceutical care project of Taiwan Pharmacist Association.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Pharmaceutical care	Pharmaceutical care	Veterans receiving pharmaceutical care

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
potential inappropriate medication (PIA)	one year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
drug items used	one year	the controlled group is expected to have less drug items used.
medical expenditure	one year	subjects self-reported outpatients visit, hospitalization, drug, and healthy supplemental used.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Changhua Domiciliar Center; 🇨🇳 Changhua City, Taiwan