Patient or carer acceptance of medicine use recommendations by a pharmacist after being discharged from hospital

Uptake of pharmacist recommendations by patients after discharge: Implementation study of a patient-centred medicines review service

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN21156862

Enrollment

100

Registered

2022-07-12

Start date

2019-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-04-10

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Conditions

Identification, resolution, and prevention of medicine-related problems in older people Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Polypharmacy

Interventions

Inpatients, and their carers where there was cognitive impairment, were recruited to receive a medicines review upon discharge from the hospital. Medicine management recommendations were delivered ver

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Inpatients, and a carer for individuals where there is cognitive impairment 2. Aged =65 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Implementation rate of medicine management recommendations measured using interviews with participants at 2-4 weeks	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The number of medicines deprescribed (either reduced in dose or ceased) measured using interviews with participants at 2-4 weeks	—

Countries

Australia

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 11, 2026