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Will an individualised service improve medicine administration to adults with dysphagia - a pilot study?

A non-randomised process of care case-controlled study of an individualised service to improve medicine administration to adults with dysphagia

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN77708631
Enrollment
360
Registered
2010-04-29
Start date
2010-07-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2016-10-17

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

Conditions

Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes

Interventions

Whilst an inpatient the intervention patient group will receive their medicines as prescribed by the doctors caring for them in the normal way. A pharmacist, employed for the purposes of the study, wi

Sponsors

University of East Anglia (UK)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with dysphagia 2. Based in three Care of the Elderly wards and one Stroke unit at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital 3. Consent to take part 4. Taking medication 5. Registered nurses working on the same four wards who consent to take part

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Unable to communicate in English

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Whether the introduction of individualised medicine administration guides reduce the number of medication errors.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The likely effect of the introduction of individualised medicine administration guides on health related quality of life measures, patient satisfaction with information and pharmaceutical care and medicine adherence. These will be measured at patient discharge, six weeks and six months after discharge.

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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