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Pharmaceutical Care in Emergency Department

NCT01978925 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 380

Last updated 2015-05-20

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of pharmaceutical care, compared to usual care, in patient discharge in an emergency department in patients with hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus type 2.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Pharmaceutical care

The clinical pharmacist will provide a structured 30-minute intervention for enhancing their medication adherence. The recommendations include: discussion on hypertension and/or diabetes, risk of complications, prescribed drug therapy, correct use of medications and proper dosage, possible adverse effects, route of administration, schedule of administration and correct storage. The pharmacist will also emphasize the importance of lifestyle modifications. Printed educational material, with information on hypertension and/ or diabetes medications, including suggested lifestyle interventions was prepared to assist in the intervention and will be handed to patients in the end of the session.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministry of Health, Brazil

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Hospital Moinhos de Vento

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rodrigo A Ribeiro, PhD · Hospital Moinhos de Vento

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-11-30
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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