Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:53 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:53 AM
NCT ID:
NCT01430702
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients \> 65 years of age.
* Admitted during the study period for a nonpsychiatric condition to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital.
* Documented in their medical record at least 1 of 11 diagnoses, including: stroke, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, cardiac arrhythmias, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, spinal stenosis, hip fracture, peripheral vascular disease, deep venous thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism.
* Prescribed \> 5 and \< 20 regularly scheduled (i.e., non-PRN) prescription medications.
* Be from and return to a home setting (not assisted living, skilled nursing, program for all-inclusive care of the elderly, etc).
* Reside within a predefined geographic radius (i.e., Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington or Westmoreland Counties) of the hospital.
* Have a working telephone.
* Be English speaking.
* Have an informal caregiver or support person.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Have an active prescription for narcotic analgesic.
* Enrolled in or plan to enroll into hospice.
* Plans to travel in the next 30 days.
* Participating in another research protocol.
* Have evidence in the chart of a diagnosis of active delirium.
* Have evidence in the chart of a diagnosis of dementia.
* Have evidence in the chart of legal blindness.
* Unable to demonstrate appropriate use of the EMMA medication delivery unit.
* Unable to receive ATT wireless services data plan based on physical address.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
65 Years
Study:
NCT01430702
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01430702