Rational Drug Use in Elderly People

NCT ID: NCT05397847

Last Updated: 2025-07-02

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

54 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-10-15

Study Completion Date

2023-01-30

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Rational Drug Use

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Experiment

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

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Rational Drug Use in Elderly Individuals

1. 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.
2. 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.

Rational Drug Use Guide

Intervention Type OTHER

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

Medicine Box

Intervention Type OTHER

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.

Counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

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.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Education

Rational Drug Use in Elderly Individuals

1. 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.
2. 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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

Intervention Type 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.

Intervention Type OTHER

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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Selcuk University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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BUSRA ALTINEL

Dr

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Selcuk University

Konya, Selcuklu, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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555444

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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