A study of the effect of implementing a medication support system in a group home
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- ot applicable
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000032388
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Healthcare Informatics, Takasaki University of Health and Welfare
- Brief Summary
The drug distribution support device (DDSD) was developed as a locker-type system that operates on AC 100 V. Care workers completed a questionnaire before and after using the DDSD for 3 months. They reported that the average time spent on medication set and medication distribution was reduced. Additionally, the incidence of forgetting to distribute medicine, mistaken person, and mistaken medication had reduced slightly.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 8
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Workers not in charge of medication management both in the intervention and control facilities.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method After the implementation of the system, it is expected that workers feelings of burden will be improved, drug-preparation time can be reduced, and the number of incidents will be reduced.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method It is expected that workers burden of medication management in the intervention facility will be lighter than that of the control facility.