The role of medicines in deterioration of health Version 2
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The role of medicines in deterioration of health in frail older people admitted to hospital from primary care V2(Version 2)
IRAS ID
228483
Contact name
Rosetta C Ude-Okeleke
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Hertfordshire
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 2 months, 31 days
Research summary
Do medicines play a role in deterioration of health in frail older people admitted to hospital from primary care?
Older people are vulnerable to medicines related problems (MRPs).Contributing to this may be changes in their body systems that come with age.Needing assistance with activities of daily living was identified in published literature as a factor in MRPs which resulted in use of health services. Use of health services relating to MRPs is estimated to cost the NHS £98.5 million yearly most of which is through hospitalisation.However, literature also showed that medicines related interventions may be effective against certain types of MRPs.English NHS in recent times have experienced unprecedented use of emergency and hospital services by older people from primary care. It is important to understand how MRPs can result in use of health care services. No study was identified to have previously interrogated the phenomenon as it is being proposed by the team (student and supervisors) involved in the present study.
It may be that MRPs are related to deterioration in health that cause an older frail person to seek health care service.
The aim of this study is to interrogate the relationships between MRPs,deterioration in health and use of health services by older frail people admitted to hospital from primary care through emergency department.
This study will involve obtaining data on hospitalisation of frail older people who were 75 years and over and presented to Addenbrookes hospital through emergency department between January and December 2017.Following this, there will be interview of relevant health care professionals to explore their perceptions on the availability and usefulness of interventions to address MRPs in primary care.
Data collection from hospital is expected to take approximately 4months from October 2018 to January 2019 while interview will take 4months from January 2019 to April 2019.REC name
West Midlands - Black Country Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/WM/0303
Date of REC Opinion
16 Oct 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion