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Can a review of the medication of elderly nursing and residential home patients improve the quality of prescribing and residents' outcomes?

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN45416155
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2003-09-12
Start date
2002-01-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2015-01-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Medication review of elderly patients Not Applicable Medication review

Interventions

Random allocation to: 1. Standard treatment 2. Medication review

Sponsors

Record provided by the NHS Trusts Clinical Trials Register - Department of Health (UK)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients aged 65 or over and on at least one repeat medication at the time of identification and in a nursing or residential home.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Compare the number of changes made to repeat medication schedules between baseline and end data collection 2. The cost of repeat medications and the number per patient will be compared in this order of priority—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Not provided at time of registration—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026