Psycho-Social Effects of Gardening Activities in the Elderly
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65-100
SponsorMuş Alparslan University
About this trial
In this study titled "Psycho-Social Effects of Gardening Activities in the Elderly: A Study on Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction", the elderly will be divided into two groups as experimental and control groups. Participants will be randomly assigned to the groups. No intervention will be made to the patients in the control group. Gardening activities will be performed on the patients in the experimental group as of April. The following questions will be answered in this study;
Do gardening activities affect the self-esteem level of the elderly? Do gardening activities affect the life satisfaction level of the elderly?
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
The elderly who have a Standardized Mini Mental Test score of 24 and above,
Do not have vision or hearing loss that may prevent gardening activities,
Are open to communication and cooperation,
Volunteer to participate in the study will be included in the study.
Disqualifiers
Having a communication problem
Having attended a gardening training in the last 6 months
Having a physical illness that would prevent gardening activities
Having a psychiatric illness that would prevent gardening activities will be excluded from the study.
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Horticulture activities
Other interventionIn the study, the elderly individuals in the experimental group will have a total of 8 sessions of gardening activities once a week (on Thursday) for 2 months. Before the gardening activities, the garden and environment will be prepared by the researcher, the elderly individuals will be informed about the day's activities and, if necessary, videos about the activities will be watched and photographs related to the sessions will be shown.
Treatment groups
90 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Gardening Activities GroupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Control GroupNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Life Satisfaction
Scale score average; This scale, consisting of 5 items, has a 7-point Likert-type rating ("1" Strongly disagree - "7" Strongly agree). High scores indicate high levels of life satisfaction. The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 35; the lowest score is 5.
Time frame
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov