- Title
- Impact of pharmacist-initiated educational interventions on improving medication reconciliation practice in geriatric inpatients during hospital admission in Vietnam
- Creator
- Dong, Thi Xuan Phuong; Pham, Van Thi Thuy; Nguyen, Linh Thi; Le, Anh Van; Nguyen, Thao Thi; Vu, Hoa Dinh; Nguyen, Huong Thi Lien; Nguyen, Hoa Thi; Hua, Susan; Li, Shu Chuen
- Relation
- Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics Vol. 47, Issue 12, p. 2107-2114
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpt.13758
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- What is known and objective: Unintentional medication discrepancies (UMDs) are common in geriatric patients during care transitions, resulting in frequent undesirable consequences. Medication reconciliation could be a useful practice to prevent or ameliorate UMD. However, this practice in Vietnamese hospitals has not been well established or standardized. This study aims to determine the effect of pharmacist-initiated educational interventions on improving medication reconciliation practice. Methods: This prospective 6-month pre-and post-study was conducted in two internal medicine wards in a Vietnamese 800-bed public hospital. Pharmacists provided training and short-term support to physicians on medication reconciliation. Primary outcome measures were the proportions of patients with at least one UMD at admission. Secondary outcome measures were the proportions of patients with preventable adverse drug events (pADEs) score ≥0.1 due to these UMDs. Odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals were assessed based on a multivariate logistic regression model. Results and discussion: One hundred fifty-two patients were recruited in the pre-intervention phase, and 146 in the post-intervention phase. Following the intervention, the proportion of geriatric patients with ≥1 UMD at admission significantly decreased from 55.3 to 25.3 % (ORadj 0.255, 95% CI: 0.151–0.431). Similarly, the proportion of patients with a pADE ≥0.1 at admission reduced from 44.1 to 11.6% [ORadj 0.188, 95% CI: 0.105–0.340] post-intervention. What is new and conclusion: Our pharmacist-initiated educational interventions have demonstrated the ability to produce substantial improvement in medication reconciliation practice, reducing UMDs and potential harm. Our approach may provide an alternate option to implement medication reconciliation for jurisdictions with limited healthcare resources.
- Subject
- geriatric; medication reconciliation; pharmacist; Vietnam; SDG 17; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1480730
- Identifier
- uon:50555
- Identifier
- ISSN:0269-4727
- Rights
- © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
- Language
- eng
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