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Safe Use of Medication at Home by Caregivers. Experimental Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Psychoeducational intervention for safe medication use at home + Medication dosing device and Medication dosing device for Caregivers of Multi-pathological and Polypharmacy Adults. Completed, enrolled 142 participants across 1 site.
Detailed 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).
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
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.
Use of medication dosing device.