Pharmacist involvement in helping patients at discharge from hospital and the effect on their wellbeing and readmission to hospital

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Readmission to hospital; Quality of Life; Medication errors; Adverse events related to medications; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616001474448
• Lead Sponsor: Health Research South

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-10-24
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 700

Inclusion Criteria

Eligible participants are adult (over 18 years) patients being treated on the Internal Medicine ward at Dunedin Hospital who are identified as being high risk for readmission by an electronic prioritisation tool. Patients meet inclusion criteria if they are allocated a certain score using a prioritisation tool on admission. The cut off score for inclusion is still to be decided (the electronic tool validation is underway currently).

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who don't meet a certain score by the electronic prioritization tool (that identifies those at high risk for readmission) will be excluded from the study. Those who are unable to provide informed consent will be excluded from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome measure is the rate of readmission within 28 days to hospital, the data will be generated via an electronic report by the hospital admission reporting system which links into the patient medical record.[Readmission rate within 28 days of index admission]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
A secondary outcome measure is the effect on patient quality of life using the EQ5D Quality of Life assessment tool.[QOL to be measured at admission to hospital, and at day 14 and 28 post discharge ];A cost-effectiveness analysis will be undertaken to compare the pharmacist intervention service with usual care, using the primary outcome measure of the difference in readmission rates at 7 and 28 days.[Cost associated with readmission rate within 7 and 28 days of index admission];The primary outcome measure is the rate of readmission within 7 days to hospital, the data will be generated via an electronic report by the hospital admission reporting system which links into the patient medical record.[Readmission within 7 days of index admission]