Self-Care Management in Older Adults

Sultan Ayaz Alkaya

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Disease Self Management

Treatments: Other: mobile application

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06502574

2024-341

Details and patient eligibility

About

Self-management of chronic diseases requires the ability to manage the symptoms, treatment, and lifestyle changes inherent in living with achronic disease. Rational drug use by older adults is of particular importance. Mobile applications are being developed to facilitate thecompliance of older adults with chronic diseases with medication treatment and to increase their disease self-management skills. The researchwas planned to strengthen participation in social life through rational drug use and disease self-care management in older adults with chronicdiseases. The research will be conducted in a parallel group randomized controlled manner. In the research, a mobile application will bedeveloped for the use of older adults. Older adults will be asked to use the mobile application for at least 6 months, and the scales will be re-administered face to face or online in the 3rd and 6th months of the intervention.

Enrollment: 72 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 79 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being in the 60-79 age group,
• Having a chronic disease that requires constant monitoring and treatment
• Using at least one medication for your disease regularly
• Having smart phone usage skills

Exclusion criteria

• Having vision and hearing problems
• Being 80 or older
• Having a neuro-psychiatric disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

mobile application

Experimental group

Description:

Older adults will be asked to use the mobile application for atleast 6 months, and the scales will be re-administered face toface or online in the 3rd and 6th months of the intervention.

Treatment:

Other: mobile application

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention has been made.