NCT04223921

Therapeutic Optimization in Patients in Acute Geriatric Care at University Hospital of Montpellier

Therapeutic Optimization in Patients in Acute Geriatric Care at University Hospital of Montpellier: Follow-up One Month After Discharge From Hospital

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 500 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Montpellier · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study involves patients who will be discharged from Montpellier University Hospital (acute geriatric care unit) between January and March 2020. The primary objective is to assess the number of difference(s) in patient's medicines between the discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) and one month after this discharge. The secondary objectives are: * to assess the number of changes of medicines between the patient's admission and discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit); * to evaluate the number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatment at hospital admission (in acute geriatric care unit) and one month after the discharge from hospital; * to evaluate the number of failures found in the transmission of information between the hospital and the general practitioner/pharmacy one month after the patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit).

Conditions

• Geriatrics
• Clinical Pharmacy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Comparison of patient's medicines	Comparison of patient's medicines: * between patient's discharge from hospital and one month after this discharge (acute geriatric care unit) * between patient's admission and discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-20
• Primary completion: 2020-03-01
• Completion: 2020-12-30
• First posted: 2020-01-13
• Last updated: 2020-06-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France