Focus on the Elderly in a Nursing Home Clinical Trial
Official title:
The Impacts of Pharmaceutical Cares on the Elderly in a VA Nursing Home.
Verified date | August 2014 |
Source | Taichung Veterans General Hospital |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | Taiwan: Institutional Review Board |
Study type | Observational |
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.
Status | Active, not recruiting |
Enrollment | 100 |
Est. completion date | December 2015 |
Est. primary completion date | July 2015 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | Both |
Age group | 65 Years and older |
Eligibility |
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. |
Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective
Country | Name | City | State |
---|---|---|---|
Taiwan | Changhua Domiciliar Center | Changhua City |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
---|---|
Taichung Veterans General Hospital |
Taiwan,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
---|---|---|---|---|
Other | quality of life measure | use health outcome measure, EQ-5D, to assess the quality of life issue. | one year | No |
Primary | potential inappropriate medication (PIA) | one year | No | |
Secondary | drug items used | the controlled group is expected to have less drug items used. | one year | No |
Secondary | medical expenditure | subjects self-reported outpatients visit, hospitalization, drug, and healthy supplemental used. | one year | No |