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Reducing Sedatives in Hospital Study

NCT03420898 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 19090

Last updated 2020-02-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Inappropriate prescription of unnecessary and potentially harmful medications continues to be a widespread problem for hospitalized patients. The investigators aim to study the prescription patterns of several classes of medications featured both in the Canadian Choosing Wisely campaign and the Beers Criteria for medication1,2. Specifically, this study will be looking at the patterns of sedatives (includes benzodiazepines, sedative-hypnotics, and sedating antipsychotics) prescriptions over time.

The investigators aim to determine how closely these recommendations are adhered to on medical-surgical wards at five local hospitals (Sinai Health System, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, and St. Michael's Hospital); and to observe trends in prescribing before and after hospital-wide quality improvement initiatives.

Conditions

  • Sedative Adverse Reaction
  • Sleep

Interventions

OTHER

Quality Improvement Intervention, prescription reduction

The intervention is a quality improvement education aimed at reducing sedative prescriptions and implementing safe sleep environments.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Health Network, Toronto

    collaborator OTHER

  • Unity Health Toronto

    collaborator OTHER

  • Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-05-19
Primary Completion
2019-12-19
Completion
2019-12-19

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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