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Prescribing Practice of Medication - Patient View.

Completed
Conditions
Focus: Prescribing Practice
Registration Number
NCT04588584
Lead Sponsor
Medical University of Graz
Brief Summary

In the clinical routine of a hospital, there are often problems dealing with medication that has already been prescribed at the time of admission due to incomplete or missing medication lists from the family doctor. Often patients forget this list at home.

This pilot study focuses on the medication process from admission to discharge and patient health literacy.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patient hospitalised at the clinical ward of Endocrinilogy and Diabetology and plastic Surgery
  • Patient with an minimum of 2 days hospitalisation
  • good knowledge of German
  • Age 18 to 99 Years
  • Male/female
Exclusion Criteria
  • Neurological or psychiatric primary disease e.g. Dementia
  • Rehospitalisation 7 days after discharge from hospital
  • Patients who need intensive care

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Health competence of patients with focus on drugs.6 months

Correct knowledge of the medication (indication) - assessed by Interview with the patient

Drug prescription from the view of the patient- Amount6 months

Amount of prescribed drugs by descriptive chart review with CRF (Case Report Form) and interview with the patient

Drug prescription from the view of the patient- Type of drugs6 months

Type of prescribed drugs by descriptive chart review with CRF and interview with the patient

Drug prescription from the view of the patient- Discrepancies6 months

Potential discrepancies between amount or type of drugs indicated by the patient and descriptive chart review with CRF

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

LKH University clinical Graz , QM-RM

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Graz, Styria, Austria

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