Efficacy of a Intervention to Reduce Medication Errors and Therapeutic Failure in Patients Over 65 Years Polypharmacy

Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia de Cordoba1 site in 1 country154 target enrollmentJanuary 2010

ConditionsMedication Adherence Patient Compliance

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Medication Adherence
Sponsor: Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia de Cordoba
Enrollment: 154
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: medication errors in the patients
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 15 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that an intervention based on the motivational interview directed to patients with polypharmacy to improve the Therapeutic Adherence and to reduce the errors of Medication in major measure that the habitual intervention.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

January 2010

End Date

September 2010

Last Updated

15 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia de Cordoba

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Patients with polypharmacy (5 or more medicines)
•That detects to them a problem of Therapeutic Adherence
•That agree to take part in the study

Exclusion Criteria

•Immobilized patients or with an index of Barthel lower than 60 points
•Incapable to fulfill ABVD
•Patients with cognitive deterioration
•Patients with diagnosis of ictus in the last 6 months
•That has been admitted to hospital 2 or more times in the last year Institutionalized patients