Medication-Focused Patient Counseling Upon Discharge: A Feasibility Study of Effect on Patient Satisfaction.

ABSTRACT: To develop and test a simple medication-focused patient counseling intervention at hospital discharge, with the aim of improving patient satisfaction. The intervention was developed during a workshop and carried out by pharmaconomists. The final intervention comprised preparing information for the discharge counseling, medication reconciliation, discussion with physician, patient counseling at discharge, medication report to primary care physician, and phone follow-up three days after discharge. The intervention was tested against usual care in a gastrointestinal surgical unit in a feasibility study, using the setup of a randomized controlled trial, with patient satisfaction as the primary outcome. A total of 85 patients were invited to participate in the study. Following refusals (n = 11)

SUBMITTER: Lundby C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7151701 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature