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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05397847
Rational Drug Use in Elderly People
The Effect of Nursing Interventions Applied at Home for Rational Drug Use and Raising Awareness in Elderly Individuals
Irrational drug use, which is an important public health problem worldwide, is common in the elderly. While irrational drug use negatively affects all age groups, it poses a significant threat to the health of the elderly. This study aims to examine the effects of 8-week interventions, which include training, counseling and awareness-raising nursing practices for rational drug use and awareness development, through home visits to elderly individuals; planned in a randomized controlled experimental design.
The research will be carried out between May-July 2022 in Halkapınar Central Family Health Center located in Konya province Halkapınar district. The study group will be randomly assigned 35 experimental and 35 control groups, a total of 70 elderly individuals. Attempts made for the experimental group for eight weeks; Education through home visits on rational drug use will include counseling, guidance on rational drug use, and the delivery of a medicine box. The control group will continue with the routine applications. Taking into account the right of the control group to be informed about ethics after the post-tests, the training, guide and medicine box will also be given to the control group through home visits given to the experimental group. Data will be collected by face-to-face interview method using the Elderly Information Form, Rational Drug Use Scale and Rational Drug Use Awareness Scale.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Be 65 years or older
- Living in Halkapınar
- Registering with the Central Family Health Centre
- Be able to speak Turkish
Exclusion Criteria:
- Having a score below 24 on the Standardized Mini Mental Test
- Having any communication or medically diagnosed mental problems
- Being bedridden
- Having a neurological problem
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Experiment
Education, rational drug use guide and consultancy services will be provided to elderly individuals through home visits.
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Rational Drug Use in Elderly Individuals
At the end of the first training, a rational drug use guide will be given to elderly individuals, including the topics explained.
Elderly individuals will be given a medicine box large enough to be carried in the pocket when appropriate, so that the elderly people do not forget their medicines and use them regularly, with a 7-day medicine compartment that organizes their medicines and a daily (morning, noon, evening and night) medicine box.
After the training, counseling services will be given to elderly individuals regarding rational drug use.
Within the scope of the counseling service, it will be ensured that the drugs used by the elderly person are regulated and their questions about rational drug use will be answered.
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No Intervention: Control
No intervention will be made to the control group, and after the post-test, the rational drug use guide and the medicine box will also be given to the control group.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Using medicine with care
Time Frame: 6 weeks
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Rational drug use scale mean scores of elderly individuals
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6 weeks
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Rational Drug Use Awareness
Time Frame: 6 weeks
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Rational Drug Use Awareness Scale mean scores of elderly individuals
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6 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Anticipated)
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- 555444
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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