Enhancing patient participation in discharge medication communication: a feasibility pilot trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To pilot test a co-designed intervention that enhances patient participation in hospital discharge medication communication.

Design

Pilot randomised controlled trial.

Setting

One tertiary hospital.

Participants

Patients who were ≥45 years of age; ≥1 chronic illness and ≥1 regularly prescribed medication that they manage at home were recruited between October 2022 and May 2023. Healthcare professionals on participating units completed surveys.

Intervention

The co-designed intervention included three websites: a medication search engine, a medication question builder and tools to facilitate medication management at home. Inpatient posters contained QR codes to provide access to these websites.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The pr

SUBMITTER: Tobiano G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11429440 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature