NCT00279656

Benefit of a Collaborative Approach to Improve the Quality of Medicines Use in Elderly Inpatients

Collaborative Approach to Improve the Quality of Medicines Use in Elderly Inpatients - Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 180 (planned)
• Sponsor: Université Catholique de Louvain · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a collaborative approach (geriatric care involving the collaboration with a clinical pharmacist) to optimize the prescription of medicines for elderly inpatients.

Detailed description

Widespread evidence reveals frequent inadequate use of medicines in elderly patients. This includes inappropriate prescribing (overuse, underuse, misuse) that can lead to adverse drug events and drug-related admissions to hospital. In addition, when a patient is transferred from acute care settings to ambulatory care settings, discrepancies in medicines used often occur and can be hazardous. Despite this, only limited data exist on the effectiveness of optimization strategies targeted at frail elderly inpatients. Comparison: elderly inpatients receiving geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) care versus elderly inpatients receiving pharmaceutical care in addition to GEM care.

Conditions

• Frail Elderly Inpatient

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Pharmaceutical care

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-11-01
• Completion: 2005-06-01
• First posted: 2006-01-19
• Last updated: 2006-01-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium