Patient Knowledge of Medication Indication

This is a study to compare patient knowledge about the indications of their medications between two sites. Regions Hospital has a population of patients that receive the medication indication on the label for any new or changed medications at the time of patient discharge. Brigham Women's Health follows a standard policy of discharge medication labels including the name of the medication and instructions for use without any indication of what the medication is intended to treat. Consented patient will receive a phone call where researchers will ask about which medications they are taking and other questions about those medications.

The study population will be patients recently discharged from the hospital with 1 or more new or changed medications

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Medical Audit
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Medication knowledge

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 40

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Massachusetts
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
      • Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Minnesota
    • Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, 55101
      • Regions Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study population will be patients recently discharged from the hospital with 1 or more new or changed medications.

Description

Inclusion Criteria

1. Hospital Medicine (HM) inpatient being discharged to home
2. Patient being discharged with ≥ 1 new or changed medications
3. English speaker

Exclusion Criteria

1. Inpatient being discharged to nursing home or TCU facility
2. Patient being discharged with no new or changed medications
3. Non-English speaker

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Medication indication on the label; Patients discharged from Regions Hospital (St. Paul, MN) where we have implemented a standard process of printing the indication for all new medications on the prescription bottle.	Other: Medication knowledge; Participants will be asked questions over the phone about their medications
No medication indication given; Patients discharged from Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, MA) where there is no requirement for providing information on medication indications to patients at discharge.	Other: Medication knowledge; Participants will be asked questions over the phone about their medications

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Medication Knowledge Questionnaire	Scripted questionnaire administered on patients knowledge of their medication indications who received new, changed, or continued medications at discharge via phone call. Questions are focused on understand of relationship of the medication and what symptom or disease it is teaching.	up to 5 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: HealthPartners Institute

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 11, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 2, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): October 31, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 7, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 19, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): April 24, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 7, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 5, 2018
• Last Verified: June 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: A17-072

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No