The impact of a core medicines list on access to medicines for palliative patients within their home environment

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Palliative Care; Pain; Dyspnoea; noisy Breathing; nausea and vomiting; delirium and agitation; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613000006741
• Lead Sponsor: Kate Swetenham

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-01-04
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 25

Inclusion Criteria

Patients will not be enrolled into this study
general practitioners , community nurses and community pharmacists will be voluntarily enrolled and the inclusion criteria is that they are based in the City of Victor Harbor (council zone).

Exclusion Criteria

Patients will not be enrolled into this study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
increase in the stock holding of all 5 core medicines in community pharmacies within a defined geographical area.<br>this will be assessed through monthly questionnaires to each of the community pharmacies. all data will be documented in a secure database.[3 months]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
improved communication between general practitioners , community nurses and community pharmacists about palliative patients.<br>All general practitioners , community nurses and community pharmacists will be asked to complete a survey that will measure their perceived communication. we have data from a previous study that only 20% of community pharmacists learned of the palliative status of a patient through a health care provider. [6 months]