Usefulness of the Medissimo Nurse Application for Supporting Medication Compliance in Elderly People With Chronic Polypathologies
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Sponsor
- RIVAGES
- Enrollment
- 160
- Primary Endpoint
- Socio-demographic data (for all participants) Medical data
Study Overview
Brief Summary
In this study, the investigators are interested in the Medissimo nurse application, which is a medication monitoring application for the elderly dedicated to self-employed nurses. The aim is to estimate the consistency of the measure of medication compliance assessed by this application with reference measures, as well as the user experience of healthcare professionals with this application.
Detailed Description
Introduction :
As people age, the number of chronic illnesses in the same person tends to increase. Poor compliance with treatment or interrupted medication exposes patients to risks to their health, and the consequences represent avoidable costs for the healthcare system. In practice, however, it is not easy to measure compliance with medication. E-health devices dedicated to taking medication represent a new way of measuring medication adherence, a necessary step towards improving it.
Objectives :
Main: To assess the concordance of adherence measurement by the Medissimo nurse application used in an existing e-Health device aimed at improving the dispensing and monitoring of prescribed medication for people living at home, with reference measurements.Secondary: To explore the user-experience of the healthcare professionals (pharmacists, nurses and GPs) involved with two aspects: use of the application itself and interest in the reports generated by this application.
Methods :
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Other
- Time Perspective
- Other
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patient inclusion criteria:
- •People aged over 65 receiving more than 5 chronic medications
- •Person agreeing to take part in the study
- •Person living at home receiving home nursing care as part of routine care
- •Person whose carer is already a user of the application under study
- •Inclusion criteria for professionals:
- •Home nurses who have been using the Medissimo nurse application for at least 1 month and who agree to take part in the study or
- •Private practitioners who agree to take part in the study or
- •Pharmacists who have been using the Medissimo nurse service for at least 1 month and who agree to take part in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patient exclusion criteria:
- •Refusal to take part in the study
- •Person in palliative care
- •Person under protection, guardianship or curatorship
- •Exclusion criteria for professionals:
- •Refusal to take part in the study
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Socio-demographic data (for all participants) Medical data
Time Frame: about 3 months
Descriptive statistics on data (mean, standard deviation, median)
Secondary Outcomes
- Patient analyses : Pill counting(about 3 months)
- Patient analyses : Recording of omissions in the monthly compliance report of patients taking part in the study(about 3 months)
- Analysis of professionals : User experience analysis(about 3 months)
- Analysis of professionals : Analysis of healthcare professionals' assessments(about 3 months)
- Patient analyses : Morisky questionnaire(about 3 months)