NCT02126930

Pharmaceutical Consultation at Hospital Discharge and Adherence to Anti-infective Treatment

Impact of a Pharmaceutical Consultation at Hospital Discharge on Adherence to Anti-infective Treatment After Returning Home

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 174 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of a pharmaceutical consultation at the time of hospital discharge on the adherence of patients ; non-adherence is determined by the following criteria: As concerns prescribed anti-infectious treatments, at least one of the following 4 criteria is true: 1. . the patient did not go and get his/her treatment at the pharmacy; 2. . the number of treatment units dispensed by the pharmacy is \< the number of treatment units prescribed; 3. . the patient stopped taking a treatment before the recommended time, or continued taking a treatment after the recommended time; 4. . the number of treatment units taken by the patient (self-declaration) is \< or \> to the number of units prescribed.

Detailed description

The secondary objectives of this study are : A- To assess the percentage of patients who obtained their anti- infective pharmaceuticals B- To evaluate the ratio of the number of units of anti- infective drugs dispensed by the pharmacy over the number of units of anti- infective drugs prescribed C- To determine the ratio of the number of premature discontinuations of anti -infective treatments over the number of lines of anti -infective treatments prescribed D- Evaluate the ratio of the number of units actually taken by the patient (based on a self-declaration) over the number of units of anti- infective drugs prescribed E- To measure the comprehension concerning anti- infective treatments after returning home (based on a quiz) F- To determine the risk factors for non- adherence to anti- infective therapy based on the characteristics of the study population G- Assess patient satisfaction concerning a pharmaceutical consultation at hospital discharge (questionnaire) H- Assess the impact of a pharmaceutical consultation on primary non-adherence (criteria 1 and 2) and secondary non- adherence (criteria 3 and 4)

Conditions

• Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pharma consult	Upon hospital discharge, patients randomized to the experimental arm will have a pharmaceutical consultation concerning their anti-infectious treatment.
OTHER	Routine care	Patients randomized to this arm will receive care in the habitual manner.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-11-01
• Primary completion: 2016-03-01
• Completion: 2016-03-01
• First posted: 2014-04-30
• Last updated: 2016-04-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France