Rational Drug Use in Elderly People

NCT05397847 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 555444
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 54
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Rational Drug Use

Keywords

rational drug use; elderly individuals; nurse; education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Using medicine with care

  Rational drug use scale mean scores of elderly individuals

  6 weeks

• Rational Drug Use Awareness

  Rational Drug Use Awareness Scale mean scores of elderly individuals

  6 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Experiment

EXPERIMENTAL

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

Behavioral: Education; Other: Rational Drug Use Guide; Other: Medicine Box; Behavioral: Counseling

Control

NO INTERVENTION

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.

Interventions

Education 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.

Experiment

Rational Drug Use Guide OTHER

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

Experiment

Medicine Box 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.

Experiment

Counseling 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.

Experiment

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Be 65 years or older
• Living in Halkapınar
• Registering with the Central Family Health Centre
• Be able to speak Turkish

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Selcuk University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Selcuk University

Konya, Selcuklu, 42100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Educational Status; Counseling

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics; Mental Health Services; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Community Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Dr

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 26, 2022
• First Posted: May 31, 2022
• Study Start: October 15, 2022
• Primary Completion: November 30, 2022
• Study Completion: January 30, 2023
• Last Updated: July 2, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

TU (1)