Coordination of oral anticoagulant care at hospital discharge (COACHeD): pilot randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate whether a focused, expert medication management intervention is feasible and potentially effective in preventing anticoagulation-related adverse events for patients transitioning from hospital to home.

Design

Randomised, parallel design.

Setting

Medical wards at six hospital sites in southern Ontario, Canada.

Participants

Adults 18 years of age or older being discharged to home on an oral anticoagulant (OAC) to be taken for at least 4 weeks.

Interventions

Clinical pharmacologist-led intervention, including a detailed discharge medication management plan, a circle of care handover and early postdischarge virtual check-up visits to 1 month with 3-month follow-up. The control group received the usual care.

Outcomes measures

Pri

SUBMITTER: Holbrook A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11086462 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature