Patient Knowledge of Medication Indication

NCT03125278 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: A17-072
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

This is a study to compare patient knowledge about the indications of their medications between two sites. Regions Hospital has a population of patients that receive the medication indication on the label for any new or changed medications at the time of patient discharge. Brigham Women's Health follows a standard policy of discharge medication labels including the name of the medication and instructions for use without any indication of what the medication is intended to treat. Consented patient will receive a phone call where researchers will ask about which medications they are taking and other questions about those medications. The study population will be patients recently discharged from the hospital with 1 or more new or changed medications

Conditions

Medical Audit

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Medication Knowledge Questionnaire

  Scripted questionnaire administered on patients knowledge of their medication indications who received new, changed, or continued medications at discharge via phone call. Questions are focused on understand of relationship of the medication and what symptom or disease it is teaching.

  up to 5 days

Study Arms (2)

Medication indication on the label

Patients discharged from Regions Hospital (St. Paul, MN) where we have implemented a standard process of printing the indication for all new medications on the prescription bottle.

Other: Medication knowledge

No medication indication given

Patients discharged from Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, MA) where there is no requirement for providing information on medication indications to patients at discharge.

Other: Medication knowledge

Interventions

Medication knowledge OTHER

Participants will be asked questions over the phone about their medications

Medication indication on the label; No medication indication given

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study population will be patients recently discharged from the hospital with 1 or more new or changed medications.

You may qualify if:

• Hospital Medicine (HM) inpatient being discharged to home
• Patient being discharged with ≥ 1 new or changed medications
• English speaker

You may not qualify if:

• Inpatient being discharged to nursing home or TCU facility
• Patient being discharged with no new or changed medications
• Non-English speaker

Sponsors & Collaborators

• HealthPartners Institute: lead

Study Sites (2)

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

Location

Regions Hospital

Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55101, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Patient Medication Knowledge

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health Literacy; Consumer Health Information; Health Education; Preventive Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 7, 2017
• First Posted: April 24, 2017
• Study Start: April 11, 2017
• Primary Completion: May 2, 2017
• Study Completion: October 31, 2017
• Last Updated: June 7, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (2)