Medication List in and Out of Hospital

February 3, 2011 updated by: University of Oslo

Communication About Medication Through the Medication List Coming Into the Hospital With the Patient, Being Changed in the Hospital and Then Returning With the Patient to the Community.

30 patients acute hospitalized to medical ward and their medication records are examined. It is to be recorded how the investigators find information about medicine use by the reception when they do not follow the patient. The record of the changes made during hospital stay is examined, whether they are justified in the discharge summaries and whether they are described in the medical list. After a month is to find out if the GP has recorded or possibly rejected changes to medication made in hospital.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Detailed Description

Furthermore is to be recorded how the investigators find information about medicine use by the reception when they do not follow the patient and how long it takes to find the right medicine list. The record of the changes made during hospital stay is examined, whether they are justified in the discharge summaries and whether they are described in the medical list. After a month is to find out if the GP has recorded or possibly rejected changes to medication made in hospital.

This shall be recorded in the review of 30 patient with a focus on their medication list and follow them from admission to a month after discharge.

Medicine List in discharge summaries will be compared with medication written in journal during hospital stay and changes described in the text summaries and medication lists should be checked against the same journal.

Medicine list in the municipality one month after discharge shall be compared with discharge summaries and it will be mapped on the GP register, modified and considered if they are valid.

Hypothesis:

Medicine list is missing at admission by > 50% of patients admitted acutely into hospital.

Medicine List at admission, when available, is often incomplete. When the medication list is not available at admission, its content is often incomplete even after the staff at reception have tried to gather information from different sources.

Changes of regular medication is not always present in the discharge summaries. The changes are not always justified in the discharge summaries. The GP often do not correct the medication list in the journal to the discharge summary.

The GP does not give the patient an updated printout of the list at the first medical consultation after admission.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

30

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Norway
      • Gjøvik, Norway, 2819
        • Sykehuset Innlandet HF Gjøvik

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • ADULT
  • OLDER_ADULT
  • CHILD

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Acutely hospitalized patients into medical ward

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • acute hospitalized to medical ward
  • using three or more drugs, prescription only

Exclusion Criteria:

  • not been able to give consent, if too severely ill or not mentally capable

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Acutly ill, Medical ward, consent
group of acutely ill patient who uses three or more drugs, must be able to give consent.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Changes in medication
Time Frame: after 2 months
It is studied when the patient is still in hospital an 1 month after he is at home.
after 2 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Oslo

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2011

Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)

March 1, 2011

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

December 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 2, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 2, 2011

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

February 3, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

February 4, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 3, 2011

Last Verified

January 1, 2011

More Information

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Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • MBKF-03-UiO

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