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The Effect of Audible Alarm on the Fluid Consumption of the Elderly

NCT04242745 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2020-01-27

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Summary

Research shows that older people need reminders to increase fluid consumption. The aim of the research was to investigate the effect of an audible alarm on the fluid consumption of old people living in a nursing home. The research was conducted as a single-blind, randomized controlled, prospective experimental study on the pre-test post-test model.

The study was performed between 27 July 2017 and 1 February 2018 at a nursing home in the west of Turkey. Out of 979 in nursing home who conformed to the inclusion criteria of the study, 100 (intervention group (n: 50) and control group (n: 50) were voluntarily included in the sample. The intervention group was given education and a wristwatch which gave an audible alarm to remind them to drink liquid, the control group was given only education. The old people in both groups were monitored before the education, after the education, after the audible alarm and 15 days after the audible alarm every three days on total of 12 days. The amount of liquid that the elderly should drink daily was determined according to Gaspar formula.

Conditions

  • The Elderly

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Intervention group

The elderly in this group were trained using the "For Your Health For Fluid" training booklet and a projection device, and after training, all individuals were given a training booklet. The training was carried out individually in a room reserved for training and took an average of 25-30 minutes. A Beyid wristwatch was used. This spoke the time in Turkish, every hour on the hour. In this way, the old people were reminded to drink a glass of liquid each hour. The watch had an alarm capability, and could be taken on to sleep mode at night in order not to wake the old people.

BEHAVIORAL

Control group

The elderly in this group were trained using the "For Your Health For Fluid" training booklet and a projection device, and after training, all individuals were given a training booklet. The training was carried out individually in a room reserved for training and took an average of 25-30 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Izmir Katip Celebi University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Perihan ÇETİN, Assistant Professor, PhD · Izmir Katip Celebi University

  • İsmet EŞER, Professor · Ege University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-07-27
Primary Completion
2018-02-01
Completion
2019-12-20

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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