CompletedNot Applicable

Effectiveness of a Person-centred Prescription Model at the End of Life

Spain114 participantsStarted 2018-02-15

Plain-language summary

This study's main objective is to investigate whether the application of an adapted person-centred prescription model during a hospital stay would reduce the use of inappropriate or futile regular medications in older people at the end of life, improving their clinical/health statuses and reducing the expense associated with pharmacological treatment. We hypothesised that applying this modified method could optimise pharmacotherapeutic indicators and the expense associated with the pharmacological treatment of hospitalised patients

Who can participate

Age range65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients admitted to the geriatric convalescence unit and identified as having a non-oncological advanced chronic disease and being in need of palliative care, with a limited survival prognosis according to the necessity of palliative care (NECPAL) test. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with hospital stays of less than 72 hours. * Patients transferred to other hospitals or units. * Patients with imminently terminal patients.

What they're measuring

Change between admission and discharge in the number of regular medications.

Timeframe: 3 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05454644

SponsorMatia Foundation

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-02-28

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