My Health - My Medication. Patient Involvement in Administration of Medication

NCT ID: NCT02894814

Last Updated: 2017-06-02

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

329 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-04-30

Study Completion Date

2017-03-31

Brief Summary

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The primary purpose of this study is to investigate if patient involvement in the medication procedures through elements of the medication system One-Stop Dispensing (use of own medication, placed in bedside locker, partly or self-administration of medication) and focused dialogue about medication can maintain or improve the patients' health literacy to perform the prescribed medical treatment during and after hospitalization.

The hypothesis is, that involving the patient in the medication procedure and focused dialogue about the medicine during hospitalization will improve the patients' health literacy measured by patient adherence, patient knowledge and perceptions of safety about the medication. It is further expected that more time will be spent together with the patient, and that the new medication procedures will be cost-neutral.

Detailed Description

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More people live with chronic diseases and therefore it is important for the healthcare system to develop and organize initiatives that involve patients in their treatment.

In Denmark dispensing and administration of medication during hospitalization is a process where the health staff has completely taken the responsibility from the patient, leaving unused resources among patients and their relatives.

In general non-adherence to medication in patients with chronic medical diseases is a common problem, which contributes to adverse health outcomes, increase healthcare expenditures and reduce quality of life.

One-Stop Dispensing (use of own medication, placed in bedside locker, partly or self-administration of medication during hospitalization), which is a medication system developed in United Kingdom in the 1990s, could be an important part of a shift in the healthcare system toward increasing patient involvement. Use of own medication and self-administration aims, among other things, to increase adherence and the patient's knowledge and understanding of their medication. One-Stop Dispensing has so far only been tested on elective surgical patients in Denmark, which is why this study set out to investigate acute hospitalized medical patients.

To investigate the effect of the medication system One-Stop Dispensing in Danish medical patients the investigators planned a study including two designs. An observational before and after implementing One-Stop Dispensing study and a randomized controlled study for the intervention period.

Enrolment for an observational part of the study will begin in April 2016 with data collection on patients under the traditional medication system.

In October 2016 enrolment will then begin for the intervention period including randomization to a basic intervention including the elements of One-Stop Dispensing or an extended intervention which besides One-Stop Dispensing also include a dialogue with the patients about their medication during the hospitalization and at discharge. The data collection will end in March 2017.

The research team will identify and verify patient eligibility. All participants will need to provide informed written consent. For recruitment and informed consent, project information will be discussed with the participants.

Baseline variables will be collected at admission and in the intervention period prior to randomization. This includes questionnaire and baseline characteristics such as age, sex and diagnosis. The primary measure is adherence measured at baseline and 1 month after discharge. Knowledge of the patients' own medication will assessed by a health professional also at baseline and again at discharge.

The study will end after one month follow up is completed for all the included patients.

Conditions

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Medical Patients

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Basic intervention

Elements of One-Stop Dispensing (use of own medication, placed in bedside locker, partly or self-administration of medication during hospitalization)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

One-Stop Dispensing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Use of own medication, review of the patient's medication, partly or self-administration of medication during hospitalization under support from the health personnel to improve adherence, knowledge and feeling safe about the medication.

Extended intervention

Elements of One-Stop Dispensing and focused dialogue with the patients about their medication during the hospitalization.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

One-Stop Dispensing and focused dialogue

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Besides the elements of One-Stop Dispensing focused dialogue about the patient's medicine during hospitalization and at discharge to improve adherence, knowledge and feeling safe about the medication

Observational part of the study

Data collection on patients under the traditional medication system

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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One-Stop Dispensing

Use of own medication, review of the patient's medication, partly or self-administration of medication during hospitalization under support from the health personnel to improve adherence, knowledge and feeling safe about the medication.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

One-Stop Dispensing and focused dialogue

Besides the elements of One-Stop Dispensing focused dialogue about the patient's medicine during hospitalization and at discharge to improve adherence, knowledge and feeling safe about the medication

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Hospitalized patients at Diagnostic Center, Regional Hospital Silkeborg, Denmark ≥ age 18 years, who understand, speak and are able to read Danish.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients admitted for elective procedures, where admission is expected to be \<24 hours
* Patients with significant cognitive problems (dementia, dying, psychotic etc.)
* Patients who abuse medicine or narcotics.
* Patients who have participated in the project during a previous admission.
* Patients who do not use prescribed medicine.
* Patients admitted in the period monday from 8 a.m. until friday 3 p.m.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Central Jutland Regional Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Charlotte Appel

Research Nurse

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Charlotte W Appel, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Diagnostic Centre, Regional Hospital Silkeborg, Denmark

Locations

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Diagnostic Centre, Regional Hospital Silkeborg

Silkeborg, , Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

Other Identifiers

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1-16-02-124-16

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

6300002A

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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