Drug utilisation patterns, adverse drug reaction, cost, andappropriateness of prescribed medicines in geriatric inpatients
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 200
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- This study aims to evaluate the drug utilization patterns, appropriateness of prescriptions, costs, and adverse drug reactions among elderly inpatients. Findings will shed light on the frequency of inappropriate drug prescriptions and adverse reactions, prompting the development of new guidelines tailored for geriatric populations
研究概览
简要总结
This study is a prospective, observational, single-centre trial evaluating drug utilization patterns, appropriateness of prescriptions, drug costs, and adverse drug reactions among geriatric inpatients aged 60 years and above. The study will be conducted over 3 months in one unit of the Department of Medicine at a tertiary care hospital in India. The primary outcome measure will be the drug utilization pattern assessed using parameters such as the average number of drugs per patient, ATC classification, and DDD/100 bed days. The secondary outcome measures will include the appropriateness of prescribed drugs based on the American Geriatrics Society 2023 Beers Criteria, total expenditure on prescribed drugs including ABC analysis, and incidence, severity, preventability, and causality of adverse drug reactions evaluated using the Naranjo algorithm, Hartwig and Siegel scale, and Schumock and Thornton criteria.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 60.00 Year(s) 至 99.00 Year(s)（—）
- 性别
- All
入选标准
- •All patients who are 60 years and above, of either sex, who have been admitted in medicine ward will be included in the study.
排除标准
- •Moribund patients on Intensive Care Support.
结局指标
主要结局
This study aims to evaluate the drug utilization patterns, appropriateness of prescriptions, costs, and adverse drug reactions among elderly inpatients. Findings will shed light on the frequency of inappropriate drug prescriptions and adverse reactions, prompting the development of new guidelines tailored for geriatric populations
时间窗: 8 weeks
次要结局
- Addressing these issues could optimize healthcare spending & prevent economic burdens associated with medication costs, ultimately improving health outcomes & quality of life for elderly patients in hospital settings.