Pharmaceutical Care in VA Nursing Home

NCT ID: NCT01823757

Last Updated: 2014-08-28

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-04-30

Study Completion Date

2015-12-31

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Focus on the Elderly in a Nursing Home

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Non-pharmaceutical care

Veterans do not receiving pharmaceutical care

No interventions assigned to this group

Pharmaceutical care

Veterans receiving pharmaceutical care

Pharmaceutical care

Intervention Type OTHER

pharmacists provide pharmaceutical care to the intervention group, comparing to ordinary care in control group

Interventions

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Pharmaceutical care

pharmacists provide pharmaceutical care to the intervention group, comparing to ordinary care in control group

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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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.
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Taichung Veterans General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Wen-Shyong Liou, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Taichung Veteran General Hospital

Locations

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Changhua Domiciliar Center

Changhua, Taiwan, Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

Other Identifiers

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TCVGHPHARM_RESEARCH_1

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

VGHTCPHARMACY1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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