Safer Use of Medication in Pediatric Patients at Home

Medication Errors and Other Product Use Errors and Issues Clinical Trial

Official title:

Safer Use of Medication in Pediatric Patients at Home: Error Reporting Website

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Enrolling by invitation

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04598139
• Other study ID #: PI18/00739
• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Start date: May 5, 2021
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: May 2022
• Source: Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims:

• to develop a web-based notification system for caregivers of pediatric patients that allows to report medication errors and, based on this notification, and to share experiences and alerts about common errors of patients.

• to assess de user satisfaction and perceived usefulness of the system.

Participants:

Parents with children who have required drug treatment in the last two months, who have an Internet connection and who agree to participate in the study.

Sample size: 62 participants

Main outcome variable: overall satisfaction

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Enrollment: 62
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• To care children aged under 14 years who have required drug treatment in the last two months

• To have an Internet connection

• To agree to participate in the study.

• To be registered in the study web-based notification system

• Age > 17 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• To be health provider

• To care children in residence for minors.

• To care children with a life expectancy of less than 2 years.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Medication Errors and Other Product Use Errors and Issues

Intervention

Other:
• Study group
The study group uses a web-based medication error notification system

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Mercedes Gilabert	Elche	Alicante

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Satisfaction with the web-based medication error notification system	Overall satisfaction with the web-based medication error notification system by an ad hoc questionnaire	At one month after use of the website