Pharmaceutical Care of Ambulatory Elderly Diabetes Patients

NCT ID: NCT01455727

Last Updated: 2012-09-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-08-31

Brief Summary

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This trial will try to perform pharmaceutical care on ambulatory elderly diabetes patients. To provide appropriate diabetes education administration, identify and resolve drug-related problems, assess the appropriateness of their medications, establish the mechanism of medication consultations. Each patient will be assessed by the MMSE(Mini-Mental State Examination) and GDS(Geriatric Depression Scale). The effectiveness of pharmacist's intervention will be assessed by lab data and some questionnaires.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Diabetes Mellitus

Keywords

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Pharmaceutical care Diabetes Mellitus

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Pharmaceutical care

The Pharmacist provided Pharmaceutical care on the ambulatory elderly Diabetes patients, provided recommendation to the physician and reffered the patients to other diabetes-care-team members, including the CDEs and dietitians.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Pharmaceutical care

Intervention Type OTHER

The Pharmacist provided Pharmaceutical care on the ambulatory elderly Diabetes patients, provided recommendation to the physician and reffered the patients to other diabetes-care-team members, including the CDEs and dietitians.

Usual care

Patients received usual care directed by their physician.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual care

Intervention Type OTHER

Control patients received usual care directed by their physician.

Interventions

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Pharmaceutical care

The Pharmacist provided Pharmaceutical care on the ambulatory elderly Diabetes patients, provided recommendation to the physician and reffered the patients to other diabetes-care-team members, including the CDEs and dietitians.

Intervention Type OTHER

Usual care

Control patients received usual care directed by their physician.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 65 years or older
* A1c greater than or equal to 9.0

Exclusion Criteria

* Not expected to live for the duration of the study
* Unwillingness to participate and attend pharmacist visits
* Unwillingness to participate the questionnaires(MMSE, GDS)
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

90 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Nantou Hospital

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jyun-Hong Chen

Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy Department, Nantou Hospital

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Nantou Hospital

Nantou City, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

Other Identifiers

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100B4022-100MID-08

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id