Clinical trials: Inappropriate Use
Inappropriate Prescribing
Using a Mobile Application as a Support at the Prescription of Appropriate Medications for Elderly
Objective: To develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a mobile application to support decision making for prescription drugs to elderly patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02918643
- Testing
- Use of an application to for mobile devices like decision-making support for prescription drugs to elderly patients
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Bahia
Inappropriate Drug Prescription and Use
Educational and Informative Interventions to Tackle Inappropriate Use of Drugs in Italy
Pharmacological intervention is an essential step in health promotion. However, lots of drugs are often used in inappropriate ways, especially in elderly patients.
- Trial name
- EDUREDRUG (NCT04030468)
- Testing
- Educational intervention addressed to general practitioners, Informative intervention addressed to patients
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 4,840 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Milan