Monitoring Side Effects Of Pain Medication Prescribing By Emergency Department In Patients Over 65

Completed

• Conditions: Elderly; Acute Pain; Analgesics

• Registration Number: NCT02046681
• Lead Sponsor: Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria della Misericordia

Brief Summary

Half of the people over the age of 65 are not functioning at their optimal level because of interference from pain. \> 50% of older adults had taken prescriptions of pain medication beyond a 6-month period. In Emergency Department 80% of visits involving conditions with painful component. The study aims to observe and check side effects of most frequently pain killers prescribing at home to patients over 65 years old after a visit in emergency department.

Detailed Description

- observe side effects of pain medications prescribed in emergency department to patient over 65 yo

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2014-01-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-01-27
• Study First Posted: 2014-01-28
• Status Verified: 2014-06
• Study Start: 2014-06
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2015-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-03-02
• Last Update Posted: 2015-03-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1000

Inclusion Criteria

• 65 years or older
• new analgesic treatment po following emergency department visits
• easily reachable by phone

Exclusion Criteria

• age under 65
• pt may not able to hear, or answer the phone
• pt with a history of dementia
• pt who already takes pain killer, or neuroleptics

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To measure side effects of pain medication prescribed by emergency department to patients older 65 years	up to 1 week	To Measure the rate of mayor and minor complications and the number of hospitalization during the therapy

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To ascertain the number of patients pain free	1 month	July 1, 2014
Measure the number of patients that follow the therapy prescribed	1 month	July 1 2014

Trial Locations

Locations (5)

Castelfranco Veneto Emergency Department; 🇮🇹 Castelfranco Veneto, Italy

Dolo Emergency Department; 🇮🇹 Dolo, Italy

Mirano Emergency Department; 🇮🇹 Mirano, Italy

Montebelluna Emergency Department; 🇮🇹 Montebelluna, Italy

Emergency Department AOU S.Maria della Midericordia Udine; 🇮🇹 Udine, Italy