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IRCT20160503027736N5 IRCT 2018-10-06 Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences Effect of pillbox usage on drug adherence in elderly Investigating the effect of weekly pill box usage on drug adherence in the elderly with cardiovascular disease referring to Kerman Social Security Clinic, 2017 2017-10-05 anticipated 70 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/31433 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment, Randomization description: Samples are allocated randomly to the intervention or control group. So, code 1 is written on one card and code 2 is written on the other card. Of each sample, 35 cards are issued and qualified persons are assigned to the group by selecting one of the cards. The code one for intervention group and code two was considered as a control group, Blinding description: This study was single blind and the analyzer was blind to the type of intervention. The blinding was that the data for the intervention group with code 1 and the intervention group data with code 2 were entered into the software without mentioning the type of intervention and were analyzed by an individual outside the research team. N/A Drug non-compliance. Intervention 1: In this study, there was an intervention group and a control group. In the intervention group, the weekly pillbox, manufactured by the Spadana Medical Technology Company, was used for four weeks. This pill box had a separate transparent chamber for each day and four pillars for medications in the morning, noon, evening and night. The names of weekdays and hours of use of medications were included in each section. Intervention 2: Control group: The control group received routine care. Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available Justification or reason for indecision in sharing IPD is confidentiality of participants
public Shahin Heidari
Mofateh Street
Rafsanjan Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7717643373 +98 34 3425 5900 sh.heidari@rums.ac.ir Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences scientific Ashraf Mehdinia
Abuhamed street
Kerman Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7717643374 +98 34 3226 0041 a.babaki398@gmail.com Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran (Islamic Republic of) Cardiovascular disease such as hypertension, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndrome, atrial fibrillation Age 60 years or older Ability to use pillbox 60 years no limit Both Being hospitalized Other Other In this study, there was an intervention group and a control group. In the intervention group, the weekly pillbox, manufactured by the Spadana Medical Technology Company, was used for four weeks. This pill box had a separate transparent chamber for each day and four pillars for medications in the morning, noon, evening and night. The names of weekdays and hours of use of medications were included in each section. Control group: The control group received routine care Drug adherence. Timepoint: before intervention- One month after intervention. Method of measurement: Morisky 8 drug adherence questionnaire. Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences Approved 2017-10-03 Rafsanjan University of Medical Scinces Ethic Comitee Rafsanjan University of Medical ScincesImam Ali Blvd, Rafsanjan Rafsanjan Kerman Iran (Islamic Republic of)