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Trial reportGeriatrics & gerontology international2024

The role of training and medication reminder wristwatch in adherence to treatment in geriatric patients diagnosed with hypertension: A randomized controlled trial.

Tuğba Solmaz, Birsen Altay

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Trial report in Geriatrics & gerontology international, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Tuğba SolmazDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0574-0035
Birsen AltayDepartment of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5823-1117

Funding

Ondokuz Mayis Üniversitesi PYO.SBF.1904.20.001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the training and medication reminder wristwatch on treatment adherence in geriatric patients diagnosed with hypertension.

methodsIn this study, which was conducted as a randomized clinical trial with a pretest-posttest design, 90 patients were randomly divided into the training and medication reminder wristwatch (W) group (n = 30) group, the training (T) group (n = 30), and the control (C) group (n = 30). All patients answered the data collection forms before and after the interventions.

resultsBy the end of the 12th week, the mean knowledge scores of the groups significantly differed from each other (t = -13.207, P < 0.001). The mean Hypertension Compliance Assessment Scale score of the W group was found to be significantly lower (t = 22.732, P < 0.001). The highest mean Medication Adherence Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form score was found in the W group (t = -13.560, P < 0.001). In the posttest, the mean systolic blood pressure values of the patients were 142.7 ± 11.1 in the C group, 126.0 ± 13.0 mm Hg in the T group, and 120.0 ± 9.5 mm Hg in the W group (Kruskal-Wallis test = 38.065, P < 0.05).

conclusionsThis study demonstrates that 12 weeks of a training program and the use of medication reminder wristwatches were effective in adherence to treatment. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2024; 24: 1189-1195.

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Antihypertensive AgentsHypertensionMedication AdherenceReminder SystemsAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient Education as TopicAntihypertensive Agentsgeriatricshypertensionmedication remindertrainingtreatment adherence

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PMID39404158
PMCPMC11844235

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