Cancer, Lung disease Cancer Lung cancer
Conditions
Interventions
1. Personalised computer generated medication reminder charts during admission and discharge and brochures about specific medicines
2. Patient safety chart with instructions for safe and correct use o
Sponsors
VU University Medical Center (The Netherlands)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Admission at one of the participating departments 2. Informed consent 3. Duration of admission at least three days maximally a month
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients younger than 18 years 2. Patients who are emotionally or physically not capable to participate 3. Senile dementia, confusion of the patient 4. Inability to express in Dutch language
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Difference in knowledge about prescribed medicines between intervention and control group at measurement II, per patient corrected for the basis at measurement I (method: questionnaires) 2. Differences in correct use of medicines between intervention and control group at measurement III (method: questionnaires) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Differences in spotting and reporting medication deviations during the distribution of medicines in hospital between intervention and control group (measurement II) 2. Differences in satisfaction about the received information about medicines (measurement II) | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed