Rational Drug Use in Elderly People

Sponsor

Selcuk University (Other)

Overall Status

Not yet recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT05397847

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Arms

2.5

Anticipated Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

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.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Rational Drug Use	Behavioral: Education Other: Rational Drug Use Guide Other: Medicine Box Behavioral: Counseling	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Anticipated Enrollment :

54 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Single (Outcomes Assessor)

Primary Purpose:

Health Services Research

Official Title:

The Effect of Nursing Interventions Applied at Home for Rational Drug Use and Raising Awareness in Elderly Individuals

Anticipated Study Start Date :

Jun 15, 2022

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Aug 30, 2022

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Aug 30, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Experiment Education, rational drug use guide and consultancy services will be provided to elderly individuals through home visits.	Behavioral: Education Rational Drug Use in Elderly Individuals Training: Through home visits, an average of 30 minutes of training will be given to elderly individuals (drugs, rational drug use, the importance of rational drug use, and what the elderly should do for rational drug use). Question-answer method and visual materials will be used in the training. Training: An average of 20 minutes of training will be given, including a brief repetition of the topics covered in the first training, via a home visit. Visual materials will be used in the training. Other: Rational Drug Use Guide At the end of the first training, a rational drug use guide will be given to elderly individuals, including the topics explained. Other: Medicine Box 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. Behavioral: Counseling 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.
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.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Experiment

Education, rational drug use guide and consultancy services will be provided to elderly individuals through home visits.

Behavioral: Education

Rational Drug Use in Elderly Individuals Training: Through home visits, an average of 30 minutes of training will be given to elderly individuals (drugs, rational drug use, the importance of rational drug use, and what the elderly should do for rational drug use). Question-answer method and visual materials will be used in the training. Training: An average of 20 minutes of training will be given, including a brief repetition of the topics covered in the first training, via a home visit. Visual materials will be used in the training.

Other: Rational Drug Use Guide

At the end of the first training, a rational drug use guide will be given to elderly individuals, including the topics explained.

Other: Medicine Box

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.

Behavioral: Counseling

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.

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.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Using medicine with care [6 weeks]
Rational drug use scale mean scores of elderly individuals
Rational Drug Use Awareness [6 weeks]
Rational Drug Use Awareness Scale mean scores of elderly individuals

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

65 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

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

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

Selcuk University

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

BUSRA ALTINEL, Dr, Selcuk University

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT05397847

Other Study ID Numbers:

555444

First Posted:

May 31, 2022

Last Update Posted:

May 31, 2022

Last Verified:

May 1, 2022

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Yes

Plan to Share IPD:

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Keywords provided by BUSRA ALTINEL, Dr, Selcuk University

Study Results

No Results Posted as of May 31, 2022