Development and evaluation of a multidisciplinary medication management program in long-term care facility residents

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Recruiting

Conditions: Not Applicable

Registration Number: KCT0008157

Lead Sponsor: Chung-Ang University

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 1672

Inclusion Criteria

(1) 65 years of age or older;
(2) A person who meets under one or more of the following
- New residents who have been admitted to long-term care facilities within 4 to 6 weeks
- Patients who have been discharged within 1 month prior to the date of visit
- Those who have experienced a fall or fracture within 3 months prior to the date of visit
- Long-term care level 1
- Those who take more than 10 multi-drugs, excluding pRNs when needed
- Those who take medicines of concern for misuse (e.g., narcotic painkillers, inhalers, etc.)
- Those who take drugs with a narrow margin of safety or high-risk drugs (e.g., narcotic analgesics, antiepileptics, digoxin, theophylline, immunosuppressants, anticancer drugs, anticoagulants, insulin, benzodiazepines, etc.)
- Those who have experienced suspected drug side effects before or during admission to a long-term care facility
- Requesters for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and caregivers

Exclusion Criteria

(1) Those who are quarantined due to an infectious disease
(2) In case of receiving regular drug prescription at a tertiary general hospital (long-term prescription for more than 90 days, the risk of potentially inappropriate drug occurrence is relatively low)
(3) If the life expectancy is predicted to be less than 6 months by a doctor or nurse (terminal cancer, etc.)

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional Study

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adverse drug reactions, number/number/rate of potentially inappropriate drugs, number/rate of users of two or more CNS contractiles, delirium, number of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and falls

Secondary Outcome Measures