Improving medicines safety for older New Zealanders on multiple medicines at hospital discharge
We are looking at patient experiences of managing their medicines after hospital discharge including obtaining the medicines prescribed and understanding any new medicines or changes that have been made. We would like to talk to a range of people to see how the experience could be improved.
Are you eligible?
- Living in the Wellington Region (Wellington, Hutt Valley, Porirua, Kapiti, Wairarapa)
- Taking five or more regular prescribed medicines
- Recently discharged from hospital (over the past 3-4 months)
- Māori and Pacific patients aged 60 years and over, or their carers
- NZ European/Pakeha/Other patients aged 70 years and over, or their carers
What does the study involve?
We would like to talk to you for 20–30 minutes, either in person, over the phone, or via Zoom, so that we can learn about your experiences with managing and understanding your medicines including any changes to your medicines after leaving hospital.
You will be given a grocery voucher valued at $50 as a token of appreciation.
There is more detail in this Participant Information Sheet (PDF)
Interested?
If you are interested in being involved, would like to find out more or have any questions, please contact Abby Dunlop at University of Otago at abby.dunlop@otago.ac.nz or phone +64 4 832 3279.
Whether or not you take part is your choice. If you do want to take part now, but change your mind later, you can pull out of the study at any time.
Ethics approval: H24/0113