Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01578525
Medication Safety of Elderly Patients in Hospital and Ambulatory Setting
Medication Safety of Elderly Patients in Hospital and Ambulatory Setting Considering the Transitions of Care for Home-cared Patients and Nursing Home Residents
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 61 (actual)
- Sponsor
- RWTH Aachen University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether additional pharmaceutical care for elderly patients (home-cared patients, nursing-home residents) has a positive impact on drug-related readmissions.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Pharmaceutical Care Service | Checking medication under safety considerations (medication at admission, hospitalization, discharge); recommendations for potentially inappropriate medication (PRISCUS-criteria), |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2012-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-04-01
- Completion
- 2014-04-01
- First posted
- 2012-04-17
- Last updated
- 2015-10-30
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01578525. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.