Clinical Pharmacy, Geriatrics
Conditions
Keywords
Medication reconciliation
Brief summary
This study involves patients who will be discharged from Montpellier University Hospital (acute geriatric care unit) between January and March 2020. The primary objective is to assess the number of difference(s) in patient's medicines between the discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) and one month after this discharge. The secondary objectives are: * to assess the number of changes of medicines between the patient's admission and discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit); * to evaluate the number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatment at hospital admission (in acute geriatric care unit) and one month after the discharge from hospital; * to evaluate the number of failures found in the transmission of information between the hospital and the general practitioner/pharmacy one month after the patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit).
Interventions
OTHERComparison of patient's medicines
Comparison of patient's medicines: * between patient's discharge from hospital and one month after this discharge (acute geriatric care unit) * between patient's admission and discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit
Sponsors
University Hospital, Montpellier
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patients who will be discharged from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) between January and March 2020 and who will return to their home or to institution for elderly persons * patients for whom there will be at least one change in their medicines between their admission and their discharge from hospital
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who don't want to participate in this study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of medicines prescribed | One month after discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) | Number of medicines prescribed by general practitioner different from those prescribed at patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of medicines' changes | At patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) | Number of changes of medicines between the patient's admission and discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatments | At hospital admission (in acute geriatric care unit) | Number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatments at hospital admission (in acute geriatric care unit) |
| Number of failures found in the transmission of information between the hospital and the general practitioner/pharmacy | One month after patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) | Number of failures found in the transmission of information between the hospital and the general practitioner/pharmacy one month after the patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed