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Effect of pharmacy-led medication reconciliation in the elderly patients

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Not Applicable
Registration Number
KCT0005994
Lead Sponsor
Inha University Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
140
Inclusion Criteria

Hospitalized in the Department of hospital Medicine (including those who come from the intensive care unit) Senior patients 65 years of age or older who are receiving five or more drug therapy (polypharmacy) for a comorbid disease
• Those who agree to participate in the research among elderly patients 65 years of age or older who were admitted to the Department of hospital Medicine at Inha University Hospital from August 2020 to February 2021
• Patients with self-communication during hospitalization or good communication with a care giver
• Those who can communicate over the phone for more than 30 days after discharge or those who can communicate with a care giver

Exclusion Criteria

• Those who do not agree to participate in the research
• Those whose life expectancy is less than 3 months
• Patients discharged within 24 hours

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The difference of adverse events reported in the control and intervention groups
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Intervention index score change after hospitalization period, readmission, discharge, 30 days after discharge (reduction in number of MRCI-K, MAI, MMAS-4, PIMS), decrease in polypharmacy, change in the expression of adverse drug reactions
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