NCT06889636

Pharmaceutical Care and Quality of Life in Conditions Related to Psychotropic Drug Use

Assessment of the Impact of Pharmaceutical Care on the Quality of Life in Conditions Related to Psychotropic Drug Use and Evaluation of the Intervention

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 97 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Rijeka · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to assess and describe the impact of pharmaceutical care on identified drug-related problems (DRPs) in subjects using psycholeptics and psychoanaleptics in primary care, improving subjects' self-assessed quality of life (QoL) The hypothesis of the study are: 1. Side-effects are the most common DRPs in subjects using psychotropic medicines in primary care, 2. Treatment effectiveness and safety affect the subjects´ QoL

Detailed description

The study objectives are to: 1. assess QoL in subjects using psycholeptics and psychoanaleptics, 2. analyze identified DRPs and their causes in subjects using psycholeptics and psychoanaleptics 3. evaluate the correlation between the type and total number of DRPs identified in a single subject with QoL, 4. describe the impact of pharmacists´ intervention in the identification and resolution of the DRPs and their causes on subjects´ QoL.

Conditions

• Mental Health Services

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pharmaceutical care in solving drug-related problems in subjects using psychotropic medicines based on standardized protocol..	Pharmacists' interventions were based on Medication Review and Medication Therapy Management evaluations of a subjects' pharmacotherapy to optimize medicine use, improve treatment outcomes and quality of life. The intervention involved the identification of drug-related problems and addressing these issues through pharmacist interventions. The intervention was based on information gathered from the subjects and a list of medicines in use.
OTHER	Common pharmacists' practice in Croatia.	Group B participants received pharmaceutical care based on common pharmacists' practice in Croatia during the dispensing of psychotropic drugs.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-12-01
• Primary completion: 2025-02-14
• Completion: 2025-04-01
• First posted: 2025-03-21
• Last updated: 2025-03-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Croatia