Status:
RECRUITING
Developement and Validation of the Health Behavior Questionnaire Towards Deprescribing (HBQtD)
Lead Sponsor:
Université Catholique de Louvain
Conditions:
Psychological
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The goal of this observational study is to: 1. develop and validate a health behavior theory-based questionnaire to examine the older adults' and informal caregivers' determinants of deprescribing be...
Detailed Description
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES Prescribing medication is an essential dimension in the care of the older adults (i.e. people aged 60 or 65 and over). However, the ageing process leads to physiological chang...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Older adults
- Age 60 years or older;
- Taking at least 5 medications daily;
- Having at least one chronic condition.
- Informal caregivers
- They self-identified as a caregiver (defined as having any role in a family member or friend's management of health and/ or medication management) of an older adult who has 60 years old or older, that are taking at least 5 medications daily;
- The care recipient lived in the community (at home with or without the caregiver) or in a NH.
Exclusion
- Older adults
- Suffering from psychiatric trouble;
- Past or present drug or alcohol dependency;
- Having a terminal illness;
- Inability to complete a written questionnaire in French due to a functional or cognitive impairment;
- Inability to understand and express oneself in French.
- Informal cariegivers
- Caregiver age under 18 years old;
- Caregivers who are paid for the care they provide;
- Caregiver inability to give consent and complete a written questionnaire in French;
- Caregiver inability to understand and speak in French.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2023
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 1 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
600 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06212713
Start Date
October 1 2023
End Date
October 1 2024
Last Update
January 19 2024
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UCLouvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 1348