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IRCT20210704051777N1 IRCT 2021-09-15 Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Evaluation of the effect of drug application in polypharmacy elderly Examination of the effect of using smartphone application on drug self-efficacy and drug adherence in elderly polypharmacy 2021-07-01 anticipated 60 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/57285 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment, Randomization description: Using the permutation block method, they were divided into control and intervention groups. The permutation block method is one of the random allocation methods in which each block is selected according to the number of groups studied. In this study, there are two blocks, AB and BA. One of the blocks was randomly selected. If the first block, AB, was selected, the first person was assigned to group A and the second person to group B. And this process continued until all the samples were assigned. The characteristic of this method was that the two study groups had equal numbers. All steps were performed using Random Allocation software. N/A Poly pharmacy. Intervention 1: Intervention group:they receive a drug application ;the content of this application has been prepared and edited by a geriatric master's degree student and under the supervision of professors of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. The elderly can use this application to access all their common drugs and increase their information about drugs. All drug descriptions in this application are simple and fluent and can be understood by all ages .This application has visual and textual content about how the drugs function in the elderly body, ways to take medicine, pharmaceutical forms and safe dosage of the drug in the elderly.This application has educational videos about insulin injection, how to use inhalation spray and eye drops, ear and nose.The researcher gives complete training to the elderly to use the application.Then installs the application on the elderly phone and encourages the elderly to use the application with continuous follow-up. This process will continue for 8 weeks.During this period, the elderly can raise their possible problems or any medical questions through the communication link in the application with the researcher, to which the researcher will respond and take appropriate action.At the end of the study, the questionnaire of drug self-efficacy and medication adherence will be filled out again by the elderly. Intervention 2: Control group:They will receive routine medication training by health center staff. Yes - There is a plan to make this available What will be shared: Part of the information about the main outcome When: 6 months after the results are published To whom: Nurses Conditions: In research on the elderly Where to obtain: Shokoufehshafiee, shafiees971@mums.ir How to obtain: Review in terms of type of research Comments:
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Mashhad Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9138813944 +98 51 3859 1512 valizadehn@mums.ac.ir Mashhad University of Medical Sciences scientific Najme Valizade
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Mashhad Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9138813944 +98 51 3859 1512 valizadehn@mums.ac.ir Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Iran (Islamic Republic of) Elderly people who take more than three drugs a day. Elderly who have the ability to use smartphones 60 years 100 years Both Elderly people who get a drug self-efficacy score of ٢٩ or higher at the beginning of the study. Elderly people who get a high drug adherence score of zero at the beginning of the study. Elderly who have cognitive impairment Treatment - Drugs Treatment - Drugs Intervention group:they receive a drug application ;the content of this application has been prepared and edited by a geriatric master's degree student and under the supervision of professors of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. The elderly can use this application to access all their common drugs and increase their information about drugs. All drug descriptions in this application are simple and fluent and can be understood by all ages .This application has visual and textual content about how the drugs function in the elderly body, ways to take medicine, pharmaceutical forms and safe dosage of the drug in the elderly.This application has educational videos about insulin injection, how to use inhalation spray and eye drops, ear and nose.The researcher gives complete training to the elderly to use the application.Then installs the application on the elderly phone and encourages the elderly to use the application with continuous follow-up. This process will continue for 8 weeks.During this period, the elderly can raise their possible problems or any medical questions through the communication link in the application with the researcher, to which the researcher will respond and take appropriate action.At the end of the study, the questionnaire of drug self-efficacy and medication adherence will be filled out again by the elderly. Control group:They will receive routine medication training by health center staff Increase in morriski drug adherence score. Timepoint: 8 weeks after installing the drug application. Method of measurement: Drug Adherence Questionnaire Moriski. Drug self-efficacy. Timepoint: 8 weeks after installing the drug application. Method of measurement: Seams Drug Self-Efficacy Questionnaire. Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Approved 2021-02-02 Ethics Committee of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Daneshgah Street Mashhad Razavi Khorasan Iran (Islamic Republic of)