Safe Care and Medication Intake Provided by Caregivers at Home: Reality Care Study Protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Justification

Providing care to patients with several conditions and simultaneously taking several medications at home is inexorably growing in developed countries. This trend increases the chances of home caregivers experiencing diverse errors related with medication or care.

Objective

To determine the effectiveness of four different educational solutions compared to the natural intervention (absence of intervention) to provide a safer care at home by caregivers.

Method

Prospective, parallel, and mixed research study with two phases. Candidates: Home-based caregivers caring a person with multiple comorbid conditions or polymedication who falls into one of the three profiles of patients defined for the study (oncology, cardiovascular, or pluripathological patients). F

SUBMITTER: Mira JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10419200 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature