Monitoring Side Effects Of Pain Medication Prescribing By Emergency Department In Patients Over 65

Monitoring Side Effects Of Pain Medication Prescribing By Emergency Department In Patients Over 65. The MOSE65 Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02046681

Acronym

MOSE65

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2014-01-28

Start date

2014-06-30

Completion date

2015-03-31

Last updated

2015-03-03

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Conditions

Acute Pain, Analgesics, Elderly

Keywords

Medication Adherence, Medication Compliance, Medication Therapy Management, Side effects, Analgesics, Emergency Medicine, Home care, Aged, Acetaminophen, codeine, ibuprofen, Oxycodone

Brief summary

Half of the people over the age of 65 are not functioning at their optimal level because of interference from pain. \> 50% of older adults had taken prescriptions of pain medication beyond a 6-month period. In Emergency Department 80% of visits involving conditions with painful component. The study aims to observe and check side effects of most frequently pain killers prescribing at home to patients over 65 years old after a visit in emergency department.

Detailed description

\- observe side effects of pain medications prescribed in emergency department to patient over 65 yo

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* 65 years or older * new analgesic treatment po following emergency department visits * easily reachable by phone

Exclusion criteria

* age under 65 * pt may not able to hear, or answer the phone * pt with a history of dementia * pt who already takes pain killer, or neuroleptics

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
To measure side effects of pain medication prescribed by emergency department to patients older 65 years	up to 1 week	To Measure the rate of mayor and minor complications and the number of hospitalization during the therapy

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
To ascertain the number of patients pain free	1 month	July 1, 2014
Measure the number of patients that follow the therapy prescribed	1 month	July 1 2014

Countries

Italy

Outcome results