Abstract:
WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE:The STOPP/START tool has been validated to assess elderly patients for potentially inappropriate prescribing. This study aimed to assess the effect of inclusion of a pharmacist on a physician-led ward round on potentially inappropriate prescribing in hospitalized elderly patients. METHODS:This was an observational study of prescribing for patients using the STOPP/START tool at three points during hospital stay; admission to hospital, on transfer to the specialized geriatric unit and on discharge from hospital. Data were collected over 4 months pre- and post-introduction of a pharmacist to a physician-led ward round. Demographic and clinical data, including total number of medications and STOPP/START criteria met, were collected. The mean number of STOPP/START criteria at each time-point was compared for pre- and post-introduction of a pharmacist using a Mann-Whitney U-test. The mean number of criteria for each time-point within each group was compared using a paired Student's t-test. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION:The demographic characteristics of the participants in the pre- and post-intervention groups were similar. The post-intervention group had numerically less STOPP/START criteria, mean 1·18 (1·37) compared to the pre-intervention group 1·50 (1·41), P = 0·07 at discharge. The pre-intervention group had no significant change in the criteria from admission 1·78 (1·57) to geriatric unit transfer 1·72 (1·54) (P = 0·37); however, there was a significant decrease from geriatric unit transfer 1·72 (1·54) to discharge 1·50 (1·41) (P = 0·02). The post-intervention group had a significant decrease from hospital admission 2·30 (1·91) to geriatric unit transfer 1·59 (1·60) (P < 0·01) and again to discharge 1·18 (1·37) (P < 0·01). WHAT IS NEW AND CONCLUSION:Pharmacist participation on the ward round in a specialized geriatric unit resulted in a numerical improvement in prescribing quality as measured by the STOPP/START tool.
journal_name
J Clin Pharm Therjournal_title
Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeuticsauthors
Mulvogue K,Roberts JA,Coombes I,Cottrell N,Kanagarajah S,Smith Adoi
10.1111/jcpt.12489subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-04-01 00:00:00pages
178-184issue
2eissn
0269-4727issn
1365-2710journal_volume
42pub_type
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