The Patient Experience of a Paramedic-Pharmacist Referral Pathway for Clinical Medication Reviews

NCT03938428 | Unknown

• 2 other identifiers: YASRD114263976
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 132
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study seeks to understand how patients feel about their medicines before and after receiving a clinical medication review.

Conditions

Pharmaceutical Preparations; Accidental Fall; Allied Health Personnel

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Proportion of patients who express a change in emotion relating to how they feel about their medicines, following a pharmacist-led clinical medication review.

  1 month

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Patient expressed emotion

  1 month

Interventions

Survey OTHER

Patients who are eligible for this study will have been previously identified as part of the PREFACES project. The pharmacist who has conducted the clinical medication review will obtain verbal permission from the patient to be contacted by the research study team. This will be documented on the referral outcome document that is returned to the YAS clinical team. A member of YAS clinical staff from the PREFACES project will forward the name and residential address of patients who have agreed to be contacted to the research paramedic for this study. A covering letter, participant information sheet, questionnaire and consent form, will be posted to potential participants. A stamped addressed envelope will be included to enable return of the completed booklet at no costs to participants.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 110 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

This study will be conducted from a single site (Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust). YAS staff make around 70-100 falls referral pathways a month in the Leeds area, and after exclusions relating to the PREFACS projects, it is anticipated that around 55 patients per month will be eligible to receive a pharmacist-led clinical medication review and will therefore be eligible for this study, up to a maximum of 550 patients.

You may qualify if:

• Received a pharmacist-led clinical medication review following a falls referral made by a paramedic from Yorkshire Ambulance
• Registered with a GP in the Leeds area
• Has capacity to consent to take part in the study

You may not qualify if:

• Did not receive a pharmacist-led clinical medication review after a Yorkshire Ambulance Service paramedic made a falls referral
• Not registered with a GP in the Leeds area
• Does not have capacity to consent to take part in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust: lead
• NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Translational Research Centre: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 0XQ, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 2, 2019
• First Posted: May 6, 2019
• Study Start: July 24, 2019
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2020
• Study Completion: June 30, 2020
• Last Updated: August 12, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)