- Title
- Evaluation of a safe medication strategy intervention for people with dementia with an unplanned admission: Results from the Safe Medication Strategy Dementia Study
- Creator
- Kable, Ashley; Hullick, Carolyn; Murdoch, Wendy; Attia, John; Palazzi, Kerrin; Oldmeadow, Christopher; Searles, Andrew; Ling, Rod; Pond, Dimity; Fullerton, Anne; Fraser, Samantha; Bruce, Remia
- Relation
- Australasian Journal on Ageing Vol. 40, Issue 4, p. 356-365
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12877
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- Objective: To evaluate whether a safe medication strategy compared with usual care, provided to people with dementia during an unplanned admission, reduces readmissions to hospital and re-presentation to emergency departments within three months. Methods: A prospective, controlled pre-/post-trial conducted at two regional hospitals in New South Wales, Australia. Results: No treatment effect was seen for time to first re-presentation or readmission within three months (P =.3). Compliance with six strategies applicable for all participants in the intervention phase was 58%. There was no treatment effect for secondary outcomes including dose administration aid use, home medicines review (HMR) requests by general practitioners and completed HMRs; however, they were significantly higher at the intervention site in both phases. Conclusion: A bundle of care to improve medication safety in people with dementia did not reduce re-presentations or readmissions within three months.
- Subject
- dementia; hospitals; medication reconciliation; patient safety
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1475407
- Identifier
- uon:49545
- Identifier
- ISSN:1440-6381
- Language
- eng
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