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Note: This record shows only 22 elements of the WHO Trial Registration Data Set. To view changes that have been made to the source record, or for additional information about this trial, click on the URL below to go to the source record in the primary register. |
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Last refreshed on:
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13 January 2015 |
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Main ID: |
ISRCTN66700837 |
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Date of registration:
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23/01/2004 |
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Prospective Registration:
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Public title:
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A randomised controlled trial of a pharmacy care plan for elderly patients discharged from hospital.
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Date of first enrolment:
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01/04/1995 |
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Target sample size:
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Completed |
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URL:
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http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN66700837 |
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Study type:
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Interventional |
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Study design:
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Randomised controlled trial (Other)
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Affiliation:
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Name:
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Irwin
Nazareth |
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Department of Primary Care / Population Sciences
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
Pond Street
Hampstead
NW3 2QG
London
United Kingdom |
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+44 (0)20 7281 3093 |
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I.nazareth@ucl.ac.uk |
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: Patients living in Camden and Islington, aged over 75 years and taking four or more medicines due to be discharged between June 1995 to March 1997, were recruited to the study. The hospital pharmacists at all four hospitals and the community pharmacists allocated to each patients on discharge also participated in this study.
Exclusion criteria: Does not match inclusion criteria
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Gender:
Both
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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
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Pharmacy care for the elderly
Not Applicable
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Intervention(s)
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A pharmacy care plan (PCP), specific to the needs of each patient was designed to co-ordinate and rationalise their medications. The PCP was then sent to all community professionals involved in the care of the patient. All patients were visited twice by a community pharmacist within two weeks of discharge from hospital to ensure that the care plan had been implemented.
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Primary Outcome(s)
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Patient outcomes: The outcomes measured at 3 and 6 months were:
1. Mortality: total numbers of deaths
2. Morbidity: change in total scores of global well being as measured by the General well being questionnaire
3. Satisfaction with services: changes in total scores of the client satisfaction questionnaire
4. Knowledge of and compliance and hoarding of medication: changes in outcomes derived from the prescribed medicine questionnaire
5. Labelling of prescribed medication and drug interactions: derived from information contained in the prescribed medicine questionnaire
6. Hospital admission and outpatient attendance rates: changes in total numbers
7. General practice attendances and home visits: changes in total numbers
Pharmacist outcomes: The views of all participating hospital and community pharmacists involved in the delivery of the care plans were assessed using a nominal group process and a questionnaire respectively. In addition the time taken to deliver each intervention was assessed using the random bleeper method for the hospital pharmacists and a self report questionnaire for the community pharmacist.
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Secondary Outcome(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Source(s) of Monetary Support
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NHS Primary and Secondary Care Interface National Research and Development Programme (UK)
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Results
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Results available:
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