Improving evidence based prescribing in older adults moving from hospital to long-term facilities with a pharmacist transition coordinator: a randomised controlled trial.

A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a medication management service on medication appropriateness in people transferring to residential care for the first time

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12605000376640

Enrollment

110

Registered

2005-09-13

Start date

2002-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

A medication management service of eight weeks. Service consisted of medication management transfer summary from hospitals, medication review by pharmacists, and case conferencing with physicians and pharmacists.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

First time transfer to long-term care facility, assessed by medical team to have a life expectancy greater than one month.

Exclusion criteria

No exclusion criteria

Outcome results