Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes
Conditions
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)
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
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Whether the introduction of individualised medicine administration guides reduce the number of medication errors. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time 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