Focus: Prescribing Practice
Conditions
Brief summary
In the clinical routine of a hospital, there are often problems dealing with medication that has already been prescribed at the time of admission due to incomplete or missing medication lists from the family doctor. Often patients forget this list at home. This pilot study focuses on the medication process from admission to discharge and patient health literacy.
Interventions
Survey and Interviews
Sponsors
Medical University of Graz
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patient hospitalised at the clinical ward of Endocrinilogy and Diabetology and plastic Surgery * Patient with an minimum of 2 days hospitalisation * good knowledge of German * Age 18 to 99 Years * Male/female
Exclusion criteria
* Neurological or psychiatric primary disease e.g. Dementia * Rehospitalisation 7 days after discharge from hospital * Patients who need intensive care
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health competence of patients with focus on drugs. | 6 months | Correct knowledge of the medication (indication) - assessed by Interview with the patient |
| Drug prescription from the view of the patient- Amount | 6 months | Amount of prescribed drugs by descriptive chart review with CRF (Case Report Form) and interview with the patient |
| Drug prescription from the view of the patient- Type of drugs | 6 months | Type of prescribed drugs by descriptive chart review with CRF and interview with the patient |
| Drug prescription from the view of the patient- Discrepancies | 6 months | Potential discrepancies between amount or type of drugs indicated by the patient and descriptive chart review with CRF |
Countries
Austria
Outcome results
None listed