Hypertension Patients on Drug Medication Adherence and Rational Medication Use

Ordu University84 enrolled

Overview

This research will be conducted to determine the effects of education and telephone counseling given to hypertension patients on drug treatment compliance and rational drug use.

This research will be conducted to determine the effects of education and telephone counseling given to hypertension patients on drug treatment compliance and rational drug use. Research Hypotheses H0: Education and telephone counseling given to hypertension patients do not affect drug treatment compliance. H1: Education and telephone counseling given to hypertension patients increase drug treatment compliance. H0: Education and telephone counseling given to hypertension patients do not affect rational drug use. H1: Education and telephone counseling given to hypertension patients increase rational drug use. This study was planned as a single-blind randomized controlled experimental study.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Hypertension Patients

Interventions

Education and Telephone CouncelingOTHER

Drug use and rational drug use training will be given to hypertension patients in the experimental group. The patients in the experimental group twice in the 1st month (2nd and 4th weeks), once in the 2nd month (8th week) and once in the 3rd month (12th week) phone call counseling will be providedved an average of 10-15 minutes.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * \- Diagnosed with hypertension, * Hypertension disease duration of at least 6 months, * Using at least one drug due to hypertension, * 18 years old and over * Literate, * Living in the town centre, * Owns a phone * Open to communication and cooperation, * Patients willing to participate in the study will be included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Having a psychiatric illness * Hearing loss, * Can't understand or speak Turkish and * Patients who do not wish to continue the study will be excluded from the study.

Locations (1)

Hacer GÖK UĞUR

Ordu, Cumhuriyet Campus Cumhuriyet District, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Adherence to Medication Self-Efficacy Scale

The scale consists of 13 items and determines the self-efficacy/confidence level of adherence to drug treatments of individuals with hypertension. The scale is evaluated by scoring from 1 to 4 in each question. The minimum score that can be obtained from the scale is 13, and the maximum score is 52. The increase in the scale score indicates that the compliance of individuals to antihypertensive drug treatment increases positively.

Time frame: 12 weeks

Rational Drug Use Scale

The scale has 36 items and is a triple Likert type. Behavioral beliefs (items 1-9), Control beliefs (items 10-16), Attitude (items 17-21), Subjective norm (items 22-23), Intention (items 24-28), and Knowledge It has 6 sub-dimensions (items between 29 and 36). Scoring of scale items was never (0), sometimes (1), and always (2) for positive items; negative items (items 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 24) are calculated as never (2), sometimes (1), and always (0). The scores that can be obtained from the scale range from 0 to 72. As the score obtained from the scale increases, the level of rational drug use increases.

Time frame: 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Diastolic/Systolic blood pressure

Systolic and Diastolic blood pressure will be measured.

Time frame: 12 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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