Rational Drug UseNCT05397847
Rational Drug Use in Elderly People
A study testing Education, Rational Drug Use Guide and Medicine Box in people with Rational Drug Use, run by Selcuk University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial 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. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 65 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Rational Drug Use
- What is being tested?
- Education, Rational Drug Use Guide and Medicine Box
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 54 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 15 Oct 2022to 30 Jan 2023
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 65 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Be 65 years or older
- Living in Halkapınar
- Registering with the Central Family Health Centre
- Be able to speak Turkish
Who cannot join
- 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
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: The Effect of Nursing Interventions Applied at Home for Rational Drug Use and Raising Awareness in Elderly Individuals
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.
- Conditions
- Rational Drug Use
- Being tested
- Education, Rational Drug Use Guide, Medicine Box, Counseling
- Keywords
- rational drug use, elderly individuals, nurse, education
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
EducationBehavioural
Rational Drug Use in Elderly Individuals
- Training: Through home visits, an average of 30 minutes of training will be given to elderly individuals (drugs, rational drug use, the importance of rational drug use, and what the elderly should do for rational drug use). Question-answer method and visual materials will be used in the training.
- Training: An average of 20 minutes of training will be given, including a brief repetition of the topics covered in the first training, via a home visit. Visual materials will be used in the training.
Rational Drug Use GuideOther
At the end of the first training, a rational drug use guide will be given to elderly individuals, including the topics explained.
Medicine BoxOther
Elderly individuals will be given a medicine box large enough to be carried in the pocket when appropriate, so that the elderly people do not forget their medicines and use them regularly, with a 7-day medicine compartment that organizes their medicines and a daily (morning, noon, evening and night) medicine box.
CounselingBehavioural
After the training, counseling services will be given to elderly individuals regarding rational drug use. Within the scope of the counseling service, it will be ensured that the drugs used by the elderly person are regulated and their questions about rational drug use will be answered.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Experiment | Experimental | Education, rational drug use guide and consultancy services will be provided to elderly individuals through home visits. Receives: Behavioral: Education; Other: Rational Drug Use Guide; Other: Medicine Box; Behavioral: Counseling |
| Control | No intervention | No intervention will be made to the control group, and after the post-test, the rational drug use guide and the medicine box will also be given to the control group. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Using medicine with care
Rational drug use scale mean scores of elderly individuals
Measured: 6 weeks
Rational Drug Use Awareness
Rational Drug Use Awareness Scale mean scores of elderly individuals
Measured: 6 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted31 May 2022
- Study start15 Oct 2022
- Primary completion30 Nov 2022
- Study completion30 Jan 2023
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Rational Drug UseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Selcuk UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 54 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Selcuk University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, BUSRA ALTINEL, Selcuk University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05397847
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 555444
- Status last verified
- Jun 2025
- First submitted
- 26 May 2022
- Last updated
- 2 Jul 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 2 Jul 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Effect of Nursing Interventions Applied at Home for Rational Drug Use and Raising Awareness in Elderly Individuals
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05397847
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 555444
- Conditions
- Rational Drug Use
- Keywords
- rational drug use, elderly individuals, nurse, education
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 54 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Selcuk UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 15 Oct 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Nov 2022 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Jan 2023 (actual)
- First posted
- 31 May 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
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.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Experiment | Experimental | Behavioral: Education, Other: Rational Drug Use Guide, Other: Medicine Box, Behavioral: CounselingEducation, rational drug use guide and consultancy services will be provided to elderly individuals through home visits. |
| Control | No intervention | –No intervention will be made to the control group, and after the post-test, the rational drug use guide and the medicine box will also be given to the control group. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 65 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Be 65 years or older
- Living in Halkapınar
- Registering with the Central Family Health Centre
- Be able to speak Turkish
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- 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
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| EducationRational Drug Use in Elderly Individuals 1. Training: Through home visits, an average of 30 minutes of training will be given to elderly individuals (drugs, rational drug use, the importance of rational drug use, and what the elderly should do for rational drug use). Question-answer method and visual materials will be used in the training. 2. Training: An average of 20 minutes of training will be given, including a brief repetition of the topics covered in the first training, via a home visit. Visual materials will be used in the training. | Behavioural | Experiment |
| Rational Drug Use GuideAt the end of the first training, a rational drug use guide will be given to elderly individuals, including the topics explained. | Other | Experiment |
| Medicine BoxElderly individuals will be given a medicine box large enough to be carried in the pocket when appropriate, so that the elderly people do not forget their medicines and use them regularly, with a 7-day medicine compartment that organizes their medicines and a daily (morning, noon, evening and night) medicine box. | Other | Experiment |
| CounselingAfter the training, counseling services will be given to elderly individuals regarding rational drug use. Within the scope of the counseling service, it will be ensured that the drugs used by the elderly person are regulated and their questions about rational drug use will be answered. | Behavioural | Experiment |
Primary outcome
Using medicine with care
Time frame: 6 weeks
Rational drug use scale mean scores of elderly individuals
Rational Drug Use Awareness
Time frame: 6 weeks
Rational Drug Use Awareness Scale mean scores of elderly individuals
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 2 Jul 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Education, Rational Drug Use Guide and Medicine Box in people with Rational Drug Use, run by Selcuk University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Jul 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Using medicine with care (time frame: 6 weeks). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Jul 2025.