Comparative Study of the Performance of Drug Anamneses in an Emergency Department (ProtocoleV4)

Comparative Study Between a Pharmacy Technician and a Pharmacist in the Performance of Medication Anamneses in Emergency Departments: a Skills Validation Study

After the first medical history by the nurse and the emergency physician, the pharmacist and the pharmacy assistant take a detailed history of the patient's medications separately.

After checking with the patient's reference pharmacy, the pharmacist and pharmacy assistant compare their results.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Medication Adherence
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Emergency Care Unit - medicines

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 50

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Belgium
  • Hainaut
    • Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium, 6060
      • GHdC

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

This research is aimed at patients admitted to the emergency department of the Saint-Joseph site.

All patients over 18 years of age who are capable of giving informed consent and who are taking several medications prior to their admission to the emergency department.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Admission to the emergency care unit
• Over 18 years old
• Giving consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who do not take medication daily
• Unconscious patients

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Intervention / Treatment

Urgent care unit patients with medication; All patients admitted to the emergency department who agree to describe their medication

Other: Emergency Care Unit - medicines; The same group of patients admitted to the emergency room will respond separately to a pharmacist and a pharmacy assistant about their daily medication. The two medical records will be compared in order to evaluate the work of the pharmacy assistant on the basis of 3 sources : the Electronic Medical Record; the patient's medication history; the reference pharmacy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of identical medication anamneses between pharmacist and pharmacy assistant	A pharmacist and a pharmacy assistant will compare the medication history of all patients who meet the eligibility criteria	immediately after admission to the emergency department

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Grand Hôpital de Charleroi
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Laurence Rosart, Pharmacist, Grand Hôpital de Charleroi

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 15, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 15, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): October 15, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 20, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 11, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): July 19, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 23, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 22, 2024
• Last Verified: February 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Disease Attributes; Emergencies
• Other Study ID Numbers: Pharmacie - Protocole V4

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