Rational Drug Use in Elderly People

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Rational Drug Use

• Registration Number: NCT05397847
• Lead Sponsor: Selcuk University

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-05-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-05-27
• Study First Posted: 2022-05-31
• Study Start: 2022-10-15
• Primary Completion: 2022-11-30
• Study Completion: 2023-01-30
• Status Verified: 2025-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-06-27
• Last Update Posted: 2025-07-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 54

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rational Drug Use Awareness	6 weeks	Rational Drug Use Awareness Scale mean scores of elderly individuals
Using medicine with care	6 weeks	Rational drug use scale mean scores of elderly individuals

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Selcuk University; 🇹🇷 Konya, Selcuklu, Turkey