The Effect of a Pharmacist Home Visit on Drug-related Problems Post-discharge. (HomeCoMe)
The Effect of a Home-based Community Pharmacist-led Medication Management Program (HomeCoMe-program) Complementary to an In-hospital Medication Reconciliation Program on Drug-related Problems Post-discharge: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Studienübersicht
Status
Status
Bedingungen
Bedingungen
Intervention / Behandlung
Intervention / Behandlung
Detaillierte Beschreibung
Studientyp
Studientyp
Einschreibung (Tatsächlich)
Einschreibung
Phase
Phase
- Unzutreffend
Kontakte und Standorte
Studienorte
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Flevoland
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Almere, Flevoland, Niederlande, 1315RA
- Zorgapotheken Flevoland
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Teilnahmekriterien
Zulassungskriterien
Zulassungskriterien
Studienberechtigtes Alter
Akzeptiert gesunde Freiwillige
Studienberechtigte Geschlechter
Beschreibung
Inclusion Criteria:
- patient uses more than three prescribed systemic drugs intended for chronic use at admission and discharge
- patient has an expected length of stay of 48 hours or longer
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients admitted for scheduled chemotherapy
- Patients admitted for radiation therapy
- Patients admitted for transplantation
- Patients transferred from another hospital
- Patients transferred from another non-eligible ward within the same hospital
- No informed consent signed
- A live expectancy less than 6 months
- Inability to be counselled (e.g. cognitive dysfunction, language constraints who cannot be solved with an interpreter)
- Discharge to a nursing home (presuming dependence on medication administration)
- If patients' community pharmacy is not participating in this study
Studienplan
Wie ist die Studie aufgebaut?
Designdetails
- Hauptzweck: Unterstützende Pflege
- Zuteilung: N / A
- Interventionsmodell: Einzelgruppenzuweisung
- Maskierung: Keine (Offenes Etikett)
Anzahl der Arme
Waffen und Interventionen
Teilnehmergruppe / ArmTeilnehmergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / BehandlungIntervention / Behandlung |
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Experimental: HomeCoMe-program group
the arm receiving the pharmacist home visit
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A home visit by patients own community pharmacist within seven days after hospital discharge.
The community pharmacist will perform a semi-structured interview on (1) use of the prescribed medication, (2) ADEs, (3) adherence issues, by (A) assessing patient's needs and concerns around his pharmacotherapy, (B) identifying and solving obstacles for medicines intake, (C) checking on the need for a compliance aid, (D) collecting spare medication and finally (4) knowledge on medication use, when to take which medicine and why, and medication changes made during the hospitalisation.
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Was misst die Studie?
Primäre Ergebnismessungen
Primäre Ergebnismessungen
Ergebnis Maßnahme |
Maßnahmenbeschreibung |
Zeitfenster |
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Identifying and solving adverse drug events (ADEs) and other drug-related problems (DRPs) post-discharge
Zeitfenster: within 7 days post-discharge
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The total number of assessed and solved ADEs post-discharge will be measured. Assessing and solving ADEs takes place during the pharmacist home visit. Using START-STOPP criteria on patients medication records, ADEs will also be compared between the intervention and usual care group. |
within 7 days post-discharge
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Sekundäre Ergebnismessungen
Sekundäre Ergebnismessungen
Ergebnis Maßnahme |
Maßnahmenbeschreibung |
Zeitfenster |
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Improvement of adherence to medication at hospital discharge
Zeitfenster: up to 6 months after discharge
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The "medication possession ratio" will be calculated retrospectively from pharmacy dispensing data after 6 months to investigate patient's adherence and compared between the intervention and control group.
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up to 6 months after discharge
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Patient assessment of medication knowledge at time of home visit
Zeitfenster: within 7 days after discharge
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At time of the home visit patients are asked about their knowledge (e.g.
indication, dose regime, etc) regarding the medication they are taking.
Knowledge is scored and lack of knowledge is solved by teaching the patient.
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within 7 days after discharge
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Types of interventions made at the pharmacist home visit
Zeitfenster: within 7 days after discharge
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The types of intervention the pharmacist works on during the 7 day follow-up home visit are assessed.
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within 7 days after discharge
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Patient satisfaction with the pharmacist home visit
Zeitfenster: Immediately after receiving the home visit
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The satisfaction survey consists of 13 interview questions, where the subject subjectively scores each question on a four-point scale, developed specifically for this study.
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Immediately after receiving the home visit
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Assessment of patient reported health rating
Zeitfenster: at 14 days after discharge
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Patient are asked by telephone to report their health on a scale from 1 (worst imaginable health) to 10 (best imaginable health).
Number are compared between the intervention and control group.
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at 14 days after discharge
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General practitioners satisfaction with the pharmacist home visit
Zeitfenster: Immediately after the home visit is executed
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The satisfaction survey consists of 13 interview questions, where the subject subjectively scores each question on a four-point scale, developed specifically for this study.
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Immediately after the home visit is executed
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Assessment of patient reported health rating
Zeitfenster: at 42 days after discharge
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Patient are asked by telephone to report their health on a scale from 1 (worst imaginable health) to 10 (best imaginable health).
Number are compared between the intervention and control group.
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at 42 days after discharge
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Mitarbeiter und Ermittler
Sponsor
Sponsor
Mitarbeiter
Mitarbeiter
Ermittler
Ermittler
- Hauptermittler: Marcel L Bouvy, Prof, PharmD, PhD, UIPS
Publikationen und hilfreiche Links
Allgemeine Veröffentlichungen
- Schnipper JL, Kirwin JL, Cotugno MC, Wahlstrom SA, Brown BA, Tarvin E, Kachalia A, Horng M, Roy CL, McKean SC, Bates DW. Role of pharmacist counseling in preventing adverse drug events after hospitalization. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Mar 13;166(5):565-71. doi: 10.1001/archinte.166.5.565.
- Al-Rashed SA, Wright DJ, Roebuck N, Sunter W, Chrystyn H. The value of inpatient pharmaceutical counselling to elderly patients prior to discharge. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2002 Dec;54(6):657-64. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.2002.01707.x.
- Kwint HF, Faber A, Gussekloo J, Bouvy ML. The contribution of patient interviews to the identification of drug-related problems in home medication review. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2012 Dec;37(6):674-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2012.01370.x. Epub 2012 Aug 3.
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Studienbeginn
Studienbeginn
Primärer Abschluss (Tatsächlich)
Primärer Abschluss
Studienabschluss (Tatsächlich)
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