NCT06502574

Self-Care Management in Older Adults

Strengthening Participation in Social Life Through Rational Drug Use and Disease Self-Care Management inOlder Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sultan Ayaz Alkaya · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 79 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Disease Self Management

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	mobile application	The mobile application prepared for rational drug use andchronic disease self-management, suitable for use by olderadults, will be required to be used for 6 months.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-07-20
• Primary completion: 2025-12-25
• Completion: 2026-03-30
• First posted: 2024-07-16
• Last updated: 2026-04-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)