Development of a Standardized Clinical Pharmacist Service for Patients Discharged From Hospital. Measurement of Drug Prescribing Quality in Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease Utilizing a Medication Assessment Tool (MAT-CHDsp)
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 102
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Adherence to MAT-CHDsp (medication assessment tool based on guideline recommendations)
研究概览
简要总结
Objectives To explore the impact of a clinical pharmacist-led 12 month lasting follow-up program for patients with established coronary heart disease (CHD) discharged from the North Norway University Hospital. Methods A total of 102 patients aged 18-82 years were enrolled in a non-blinded, randomized controlled trial. The intervention comprised medication reconciliation, medication review and patient education during three meetings; at discharge, after three months and after twelve months. The control group received standard care from their general practitioner. Primary outcomes were adherence to clinical guideline recommendations concerning prescription, therapy goal achievement and lifestyle education defined in the medication assessment tool for secondary prevention of CHD (MAT-CHDSP). Secondary outcomes included changes in the biomedical risk factors cholesterol, blood pressure and blood glucose. Key findings Ninety-four patients completed the trial, 48 intervention group patients and 46 controls.
Appropriate prescribing was high, but therapy goal achievement was low in both study groups throughout the study. Overall adherence to MAT-CHDSP criteria increased in both groups and was significantly higher in the intervention group at study end compared to the control group, 78.1% vs. 61.4%, P < 0.001. The difference was mainly due to an increased documentation of lifestyle advices in intervention group patients.
No significant improvements in biomedical risk factors were observed in favor of the intervention group, possible due to an underpowered study. Conclusion The clinical pharmacist-led follow-up program significantly increased documented lifestyle advices defined in the MAT-CHDSP for the intervention group, but did not lead to significant improvements in biomedical risk factor measures in favor of the intervention group. Even if prescribing was high, therapy goal achievement was low in both study groups. Changes to the follow-up program are warranted, in addition to a larger, adequately powered study, before implementation in standard patient care can be recommended.
详细描述
Find published article in Pharm Pract (Granada). 2015 Apr-Jun; 13(2): 575. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4482847/pdf/pharmpract-13-575.pdf
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 80 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •established coronary heart disease
- •age 18 - 80 years
- •patients living in the three nearby communities Tromsoe, Balsfjord and Karlsoey, this because they need to see the pharmacist personally.
排除标准
- •patients living in nursing homes
- •patients included in NORstent, another trial including patients at the same department
- •patients already receiving pharmaceutical follow-up elsewhere
- •cancer patients
结局指标
主要结局
Adherence to MAT-CHDsp (medication assessment tool based on guideline recommendations)
时间窗: After one year (both arms)
MAT-CHDsp includes 20 review criteria assessing both appropriateness of drug prescribing, appropriateness of dose adjustments/change of drugs and appropriateness of information concerning life-style modifications. Achievment of therapeutic goals concerning lipids, blood pressure and blood glucose is also measured.
次要结局
- Hospitalisation(After one year)
- Drug related problems(At inclusion, after three months and after one year.)
研究者
Beate Hennie Garcia, PhD
Associate Professor
Hospital Pharmacy of North Norway Trust