Effect of Mobile Application Usage on Drug Compliance After Thyroidectomy

NCT05503576 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 17992086462
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

In patients who have undergone thyroidectomy surgery, drug use will be reminded with a mobile application in the postoperative period.

Conditions

Drug Compliance; Patient Acceptance of Health Care

Keywords

Thyroidectomy; Nurse; Medication Compliance; Reminder; mobile; application

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• medication compliance

  Thyroidectomy summative mobile application Modified Morisky Scale total score. The scale consists of 6 items in total. Scale questions are answered as Yes/No. In the evaluation, yes is scored as 1 and no as 0 in questions 2 and 5. In other questions, yes is scored 0, no 1. If the total score of the patient in questions 1, 2 and 6 is 0 or 1, it indicates a low motivation level in terms of drug compliance. A score of 2 or above indicates a high motivation level in terms of drug compliance. If the total score obtained from questions 3, 4 and 5 is 0 or 1, it indicates a low level of knowledge about drug compliance. A score of 2 or more indicates a high level of knowledge about drug compliance.

  0-12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

reminder mobile application group

EXPERIMENTAL

The mobile application will be introduced with a video demonstration. Then, with the help of the researcher, the mobile application will be downloaded to his phone. A user name and password will be created for the patient to enter the application. It will be explained that medication and appointment reminders are available in the application. It will be emphasized that the application will direct you to the hospital appointment system to create a control appointment. In addition, it will be announced that the training content prepared with the contribution of experts to increase drug compliance can be accessed through the application. It is thought that the patient will be interviewed for approximately 20 minutes for the information and procedure process. In the next process, the "Drug Protocol Information Form", "Modified Morisky Scale" and "Complications Follow-up Form" sent to the patient through the application will be filled in at the 1st, 4th, 8th and 12th weeks.

Device: reminder mobile application

standard protocol group

NO INTERVENTION

If the patient is in the control group in group assignment; After the first encounter and obtaining consent, the "Personal Information Form" will be filled in. Next 1., 4.,8. And in the 12th weeks, the "Drug Protocol Information Form", "Modified Morisky Scale" and "Complications Follow-up Form" will be filled in by telephone interviewing the patient. It is estimated that each phone call with the patient for data collection will take approximately 10 minutes.

Interventions

reminder mobile application DEVICE

After thyroidectomy, patients will be reminded of medication and control appointments. In addition, patients will be able to access up-to-date and short trainings.

reminder mobile application group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Having thyroidectomy due to benign thyroids,
• Being between the ages of 18-65,
• Mental status problem,
• Psychiatric experimentation that reduces understanding and communication,
• Hearing and visual impairment,
• Being able to speak, read, read Turkish,
• Total thyroidectomy performed by the same surgeon, and
• Smart android system phone replacement.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cukurova University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Medication Adherence; Patient Acceptance of Health Care

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Patient Compliance; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Central Study Contacts

Pinar Kaya, 1

CONTACT

+905071936083; pinarakbulut@hotmail.com

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 12, 2022
• First Posted: August 16, 2022
• Study Start: December 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2023
• Study Completion: December 1, 2023
• Last Updated: August 19, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-08