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The Effect of Home Visit Supported Nursing Education Program on Some Parameters in Elderly People Living Alone at Home

ConditionsOld Age; DebilityLonelinessHealthy Lifestyle
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65-95
SponsorKastamonu University

About this trial

It is aimed to develop healthy lifestyle behaviors of elderly people living alone at home, reduce their loneliness levels and increase their social support capacity.The research was planned as a quasi-experimental research. The research population consists of elderly people living alone at home who are registered to the Elderly and Home Care Unit of a Municipality of a province.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Being 65 years or older

receiving home care services

agreeing to participate in the study

be literate

Disqualifiers

Individuals under the age of 65

be mentally retarded

not volunteering

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Home Visit Supported Nursing Training Program

    Behavioral

    Individualized Nurse Education Program with Home Visit Support (• Walking and exercise programs, Disease self-management training for those with chronic diseases, techniques and practices that facilitate medication compliance, vital sign monitoring, • • • Nutrition charts and follow-ups, food characteristics information and weight tracking, cooking activities in the kitchen,• Helping to create family and friend systems, creating neighbor communication mechanisms

Treatment groups

48 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: trialExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: controlNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale II score increase

Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale II score

Time frame
8 week
2

UCLA Loneliness Scale Short Form-6 point decrease

UCLA Loneliness Scale Short Form-6 point

Time frame
8 week
3

Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale score increase

Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale score

Time frame
8 week

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Kastamonu University

Lead sponsor

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