Comparative study of using drug reminder cards with telephone follow-up on drug adherence of the elderly with hypertensio
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- Conditions
- Drug adherence in the elderly with high blood pressure.Essential (primary) hypertension
- Registration Number
- IRCT20160503027736N6
- Lead Sponsor
- Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
Seniors 60 to 75 years old
suffering from high blood pressure according to the doctor's opinion
taking antihypertensive drugs
being able to read and write
not suffering from Alzheimer's and other types of dementia
physical ability (movement-vision-hearing) to take medicines independently
Not using other types of drug reminders
Exclusion Criteria
being admitted to the hospital
Change of mental state and alertness of a person due to a disease such as CVA
Unwillingness to continue participating in the study
Failure to answer the phone more than twice
Failure to attend the health center once a month
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Drug adherence in the elderly with high blood pressure. Timepoint: At the beginning of sample collection, one, two, three months after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: Morisky medication adherence questionnaire, demographic information questionnaire, pill counting form.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method