Understanding How Medication is Stored in the Home

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The goal of this study is to increase safe medication storage practices in homes with young children in order to prevent unintentional childhood poisonings. As a step toward meeting this goal, this study aims to determine if an intervention to promote safe storage to patients who have young children in their home, including provision of a lock box or lock bag along with brief counseling versus brief counseling alone, results in 1) increased locked storage (and overall safe medication storage practices) of high-risk prescription medications in the home; 2) increased safe medication storage practices of other medications in the home; and 3) improved safe medication storage related knowledge and attitudes.

Official Title
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Understanding How Medication is Stored in the Home

Conditions
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Poisoning

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Medication lock box
* Other: medication lock bag
* Other: brief counseling


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Patient in the buprenorphine clinic, high A1c clinic, or palliative care clinic at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue Patient prescribed at least one high-risk mediation. A high-risk medication defined as a prescription medication that may cause significant toxicity or death with the ingestion of only one pill or a single adult dose. A child less than six years old is present in the patient's home on average at least 8 hours per week. Exclusion Criteria: Inability to speak and read English or Spanish No phone number for follow-up or unwilling to do follow-up by phone or in person Prior enrollment Patient was involved in pilot study

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| medication lock box + brief counseling<br> | Other: Medication lock box<br>* given a lock box and instructed on how to use the device.<br>Other: brief counseling<br>* After completing the per-intervention survey, a research assistant or investigator will perform brief counseling, including educational handouts and information on safe medication storage<br>|
| medication lock bag + brief counseling<br> | Other: medication lock bag<br>* given a lock bag and instructed on how to use the device.<br>Other: brief counseling<br>* After completing the per-intervention survey, a research assistant or investigator will perform brief counseling, including educational handouts and information on safe medication storage<br>|
| brief counseling alone<br> | Other: brief counseling<br>* After completing the per-intervention survey, a research assistant or investigator will perform brief counseling, including educational handouts and information on safe medication storage<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Percentage of patients with locked storage of all high-risk prescription medications at one month follow-up. |  | 1 Months |