Patients in the surgery ward are at risk of morbidity and mortality from various types of treatment-related problems (TRPs). The primary aim of this study is to assess the impact of the clinical pharmacist in the identification and management of TRPs in the surgery ward.
Patients were randomly assigned to intervention (n=50) and usual care (n=50) arms. The clinical pharmacist assessed the types, frequencies, and clinical significance of TRPs for all recruited patients at baseline. Patients and treating surgeons in the intervention arm received recommendations concerning the identified TRPs, while the usual care arm did not. The number of TRPs was reevaluated at follow-up.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
clinical pharmacist intervention
University of Jordan
Amman, Jordan
Acceptance rate of clinical pharmacist's recommended interventions
(Number of recommendations accepted by surgeons) / (total number of recommendations submitted to surgeons by the clinical pharmacist) \*100
Time frame: 19-week
Implementation rate of clinical pharmacist's recommended interventions
(Number of recommendations implemented by surgeons and patients) / (total number of recommendations submitted to surgeons and patients by the clinical pharmacist) \*100
Time frame: 19-week
The impact of the clinical pharmacist on the identification and management of TRPs in the surgery ward
Measured by comparing the means of differences in the number of TRPs identified at baseline and at the time of short-term follow-up in the intervention and usual care groups
Time frame: 19-week
Surgeons' attitudes and satisfaction towards the provided clinical pharmacy services
Measured by a self-administered questionnaire
Time frame: 19-week
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