Safe Use of Medication at Home by Caregivers. Experimental Study

Summary

Experimental study to test the effectiveness of a psychoeducational intervention using virtual reality, aimed at caregivers of multi-pathological and polypharmacy persons to promote safer medication use at home. Experimental design with two groups (experimental and control), pre-post measures, and participants assignment to groups by simple randomization.

Null hypothesis. There will be no differences in the frequency of medication errors at home, the severity of the consequences of medication errors, perceived self-efficacy, and health literacy between caregivers using a dosing device (control group) and caregivers using a dosing device with the reinforcement of a psychoeducational intervention designed ad hoc (experimental group).

Conditions

• Caregivers of Multi-pathological and Polypharmacy Adults

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducational intervention for safe medication use at home + Medication dosing device

The intervention is yet to be defined. Psychoeducational intervention based on virtual reality, demonstrations, and psychoeducational content using virtual reality. Contents: Most frequent medication errors at home. Approaches to risk management in the home. Correct use of the most common medications in different patient profiles. Strategies to avoid medication errors. Guidance to alleviate the burden of responsibility suffered by women as a result of the gender bias derived from assuming the caregiver role. Other.

DEVICE

Medication dosing device

Use of medication dosing device.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Servicio Aragonés de Salud (SALUD)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Fondo de Investigación en Salud (FIS)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Hospital General de Elda

  collaborator OTHER

• Servicio Navarro de Salud - Osasunbidea

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Hospital Universitari Sant Joan d'Alacant

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Hospital Universitario San Cecilio

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Fundación Pública Andaluza Progreso y Salud

  collaborator OTHER

• Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• José Joaquín Mira, Ph.D. · Univ. Miguel Hernández; Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la CV

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

85 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-04-11

Primary Completion

2024-11-13

Completion

2024-12-12

Countries

• Spain

Study Locations