Pharmaceutical Care in VA Nursing Home

August 27, 2014 updated by: Taichung Veterans General Hospital

The Impacts of Pharmaceutical Cares on the Elderly in a VA Nursing Home.

This study investigates the effect of pharmaceutical care on a Veteran nursing home. 100 patients will be selected into this controlled study.The hypothesis are:

  1. After patients receive pharmaceutical care, their drug related problems will be decreased.
  2. After patients received pharmaceutical care, their self-reported medical expenditure will be decreased.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Around 200 residents in a Veteran nursing home will be selected for reviewing inclusion and exclusion criteria. A total of 100 subjected are selected into this randomized controlled trial. Each group will have 50 subjects and then divides into 4 subgroup, according to their drug items used (5-7 and over 8 items used).

The inclusion criteria:

  1. Residents of the Veteran nursing home.
  2. over 65 years old.
  3. complete comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)
  4. prescription drugs more than 4 times/day, excluding stat order.
  5. with 2 or more chronic diseases.

Exclusion criteria:

1. residents who were in the pharmaceutical care project of Taiwan Pharmacists Association.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

100

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

  • Taiwan
      • Changhua City, Taiwan
        • Changhua Domiciliar Center

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

65 years and older (Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Resident from a Veteran nursing home and willing to receive the pharmaceutical care by pharmacists.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Residents in the Veteran nursing home
  • Age over 65 years old
  • Complete Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
  • Use more than 4 drug item per day (excluding stat order)
  • subjects with more than 2 chronic diseases.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • subjects who were in pharmaceutical care project of Taiwan Pharmacist Association.

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
Intervention / Treatment
Non-pharmaceutical care
Veterans do not receiving pharmaceutical care
Pharmaceutical care
Veterans receiving pharmaceutical care
Other: Pharmaceutical care
pharmacists provide pharmaceutical care to the intervention group, comparing to ordinary care in control group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
potential inappropriate medication (PIA)
Time Frame: one year
one year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
drug items used
Time Frame: one year
the controlled group is expected to have less drug items used.
one year
medical expenditure
Time Frame: one year
subjects self-reported outpatients visit, hospitalization, drug, and healthy supplemental used.
one year

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
quality of life measure
Time Frame: one year
use health outcome measure, EQ-5D, to assess the quality of life issue.
one year

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Wen-Shyong Liou, PhD, Taichung Veteran General Hospital

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

July 1, 2015

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 29, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 29, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

April 4, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 28, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 27, 2014

Last Verified

August 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • VGHTCPHARMACY1
  • TCVGHPHARM_RESEARCH_1 (Other Identifier: Taichung Veteran General Hospital)

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