Description and Quantification of Pharmacotherapeutic Interventions at the Admission of Patients in a Nursing Home

Authors

  • Elena Yaiza Romero-Ventosa Servicio de Farmacia Hospitalaria. Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro. Área Sanitaria de Vigo; Grupo de Investigación NeumoVigo I+i, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur, SERGAS-UVIGO https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2221-6729
  • Cristina Casanova-Martínez Servicio de Farmacia Hospitalaria. Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro. Área Sanitaria de Vigo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7695-5100
  • Adolfo Paradela-Carreiro Servicio de Farmacia Hospitalaria. Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro. Área Sanitaria de Vigo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6502-7648

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.60103/phc.v24i1.668

Keywords:

pharmacist; Levels of care; continuity of care; Interventions; Nursing homes

Abstract

Introduction: Social health care is a multidimensional and interdisciplinary evaluation to improve the quality of life of the institutionalized patient. The objective of this study was to describe and quantify the interventions carried out by a specialist pharmacist at the time of patients' admission in a nursing home (NH). 

Method: This is a single-centre and prospective study with a duration of 20 months made in a NH with 251 beds. 3 kinds of social-healthcare were included [old people that stay the night, therapeutic-occupational centre (stay the night) and severely affected]. Data were obtained from the electronic clinical records. Furthermore, variables related to the patient (birth date, gender, kidney failure, Charlson index, allergies record) and to the treatment [number of drugs prescribed on admission in a NH and interactions, number of drugs that could be monitored thanks to the pharmacokinetics, security and pharmacovigilance recommendations, drug related problems (DRPs) detected and adaptations to pharmacotherapy guide] were recorded. The program SPSS was used for the statistical analysis.

Results: 172 admissions were included, with an average age of 78.4 years (SD: 17.7 years). 65.1% of admissions were women. The average of drugs prescribed per patient was 9.5 (SD: 4.4). 51.7% of patients were detected with at least one DRP, with an average of 3.2 DRPs/patient. In 64.5% of admissions, adaptations to the pharmacotherapeutic guide were carried out, with an average of 1.3 adaptations/patient. 

Conclusions: In a NH, the pharmacist performs many interventions, such as adaptations to the guide, detection of DRPs and conciliation between levels of care.

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Author Biography

Elena Yaiza Romero-Ventosa, Servicio de Farmacia Hospitalaria. Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro. Área Sanitaria de Vigo; Grupo de Investigación NeumoVigo I+i, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur, SERGAS-UVIGO

Farmacéutica especialista en Farmacia Hospitalaria responsable de la continuidad asistencial y en colaboración estrecha con la atención primaria.

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Published

2022-02-15

How to Cite

Romero-Ventosa, E. Y., Casanova-Martínez, C., & Paradela-Carreiro, A. (2022). Description and Quantification of Pharmacotherapeutic Interventions at the Admission of Patients in a Nursing Home. Pharmaceutical Care España, 24(1), 20–32. https://doi.org/10.60103/phc.v24i1.668

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