Pharmacy care for the elderly Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
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 ca
Sponsors
Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
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
Exclusion criteria: Does not match inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 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. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not provided at time of registration | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed