Pharmaceutical Care in VA Nursing Home
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:
- After patients receive pharmaceutical care, their drug related problems will be decreased.
- After patients received pharmaceutical care, their self-reported medical expenditure will be decreased.
研究概览
详细说明
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:
- Residents of the Veteran nursing home.
- over 65 years old.
- complete comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)
- prescription drugs more than 4 times/day, excluding stat order.
- with 2 or more chronic diseases.
Exclusion criteria:
1. residents who were in the pharmaceutical care project of Taiwan Pharmacists Association.
研究类型
注册 (预期的)
联系人和位置
学习地点
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Changhua City、台湾
- Changhua Domiciliar Center
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参与标准
资格标准
适合学习的年龄
接受健康志愿者
有资格学习的性别
取样方法
研究人群
描述
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.
学习计划
研究是如何设计的？
设计细节
队列和干预
团体/队列 |
干预/治疗 |
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Non-pharmaceutical care
Veterans do not receiving pharmaceutical care
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Pharmaceutical care
Veterans receiving pharmaceutical care
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pharmacists provide pharmaceutical care to the intervention group, comparing to ordinary care in control group
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研究衡量的是什么？
主要结果指标
结果测量 |
大体时间 |
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potential inappropriate medication (PIA)
大体时间：one year
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one year
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次要结果测量
结果测量 |
措施说明 |
大体时间 |
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drug items used
大体时间：one year
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the controlled group is expected to have less drug items used.
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one year
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medical expenditure
大体时间：one year
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subjects self-reported outpatients visit, hospitalization, drug, and healthy supplemental used.
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one year
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其他结果措施
结果测量 |
措施说明 |
大体时间 |
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quality of life measure
大体时间：one year
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use health outcome measure, EQ-5D, to assess the quality of life issue.
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one year
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合作者和调查者
调查人员
- 首席研究员：Wen-Shyong Liou, PhD、Taichung Veteran General Hospital
研究记录日期
研究主要日期
学习开始
初级完成 (预期的)
研究完成 (预期的)
研究注册日期
首次提交
首先提交符合 QC 标准的
首次发布 (估计)
研究记录更新
最后更新发布 (估计)
上次提交的符合 QC 标准的更新
最后验证
更多信息
与本研究相关的术语
其他研究编号
- VGHTCPHARMACY1
- TCVGHPHARM_RESEARCH_1 (其他标识符：Taichung Veteran General Hospital)
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