Medication management of family caregivers, perceived stress of family caregivers.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Review of the elderly person's medication bag (prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, supplements, herbal medicines), identification of duplicate m
Sponsors
Gonabad University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Be the primary caregiver for an elderly family member with chronic illnesses Be at least 18 years old The family caregiver must be primarily responsible for caring for an elderly person with multiple chronic illnesses (providing the majority of daily care hours and recognized by the patient as the main caregiver) Have primary responsibility for managing the elderly person's medications Have provided care for more than six months The caregiver should not have any mental illness and should not be using psychiatric medications No major stressful events for the caregiver in the past 6 months Be willing to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Occurrence of a stressful event for the caregiver during the study Death of the elderly person Caregiver's unwillingness to continue participating in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Medication management. Timepoint: Before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Medication Managment Instrument for Deficiencies in the Elderly.;Perceived stress. Timepoint: Before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: The Cohen Perceived Stress Scale (1983). | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactMahmood Baniasad
Birjand University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed