Hospital pharmacists successfully work with the acute care team to stop home medications deemed no longer necessary
Completed
- Conditions
- PolypharmacyNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN11751440
- Lead Sponsor
- Island Health Authority
- Brief Summary
1. 2018 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30478496 (added 23/01/2018)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 108
Inclusion Criteria
1. All males and females admitted under the Royal Jubilee Hospital Clinical Teaching Unit (RJH CTU) service
2. Taking at least 1 medication prior to admission
3. 19 years or older
Exclusion Criteria
1. Not taking any medications prior to admission
2. Under the age of 19 years
3. Foreign language barriers
4. Not discharged from RJH CTU during study period
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The number of home medications discontinued upon hospital discharge is collected from standard CTU discharge documents and were evaluated four week intervals.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Hospital readmission or emergency department visits (to an Island Health facility) within 30 days of discharge was measured using study site patient management software at four week intervals<br> 2. The proportion of medications remaining deprescribed at 30 days after discharge was measured through follow-up phone calls to participants at 30 days post discharge<br> 3. Physician impressions of deprescribing rounds were elucidated through an anonymous, self-administered, web-based questionnaire web-based survey at four week intervals<br> 4. Patient opinion of deprescribed medication/s were determined through follow-up phone questionnaire to participants at 30 days post discharge<br>