The Effect of Horticultural Therapy on Mental Health and Burnout Levels of Nursing Home Workers

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAtaturk University

About this trial

The incidence of people with disabilities in need of care services is increasing all over the world. This situation significantly increases the need for nursing homes and caregivers. In many countries, it is seen that "Horticultural Therapy" programs have started to be implemented to improve mental health. In this context, our aim in the project is to determine the effect of the "Horticultural therapy" program applied to nursing home employees in terms of mental health and burnout in nursing home employees. It is thought that the positive effect of this practice on nursing home employees will be able to better maintain their care-oriented practices. It is envisaged that the gardens to be built within the scope of the therapy program can be planned as areas where both caregivers and caregivers can be used, and the application can be integrated into other areas within the scope of public health over time

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Working in a nursing home

Not being allergic to flowers and plants

Willingness to work

To be open to communication and cooperation,

Disqualifiers

Those with musculoskeletal disorders

Those who use antipsychotic drugs

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Assigned Interventions

    Other intervention

    Assigned Interventions

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 8 treatment groups

8

Treatment groups

See each treatment group below.

Group A: Horticultural therapy 1st sessionOther 1 intervention
Group B: Horticultural therapy 2st sessionOther 1 intervention
Group C: Horticultural therapy 3st sessionOther 1 intervention
Group D: Horticultural therapy 4st sessionOther 1 intervention
Group E: Horticultural therapy 5st sessionOther 1 intervention
Group F: Horticultural therapy 6st sessionOther 1 intervention
Group G: Horticultural therapy 7st sessionOther 1 intervention
Group H: Horticultural therapy 8st sessionOther 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Introductory Information Form

The form consists of 10 questions containing information about caregivers affected by the earthquake created by the researcher within the scope of the literature. The form includes questions including age, gender, education, marital status, number of children, occupation, duration of work in a nursing home, chronic disease status, medication used continuously, social activity with continuous participation, previous psychiatric / psychological help.

Time frame
[Time Frame: up to 1 day]

Secondary outcomes

1

Depression Anxiety Stress Scale

The four-point Likert type scale developed by Lovibond and Lovibond (1995) consists of 14 depression, 14 anxiety and 14 stress dimensions; In order to provide faster, more effective access to resources and more qualified use of time, the short form of the scale, which consists of seven items, consists of 21 items. It is presented in a four-point Likert form as "Not Suitable at All (0) Somewhat Suitable (1) Generally Suitable (2) Completely Suitable (4)" and shows that as the scores obtained from the scale increase, the symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress increase.

Time frame
[Time Frame: up to 10 week ]
2

The Maslach Burnout Scale

developed by Christina Maslach and Susan Jackson (Maslach et al., 1997) and adapted to Turkish and conducted by Ergin (Ergin, 1992), was created to measure the perceived level of burnout. The 7-point Likert type scale, which consists of a total of 22 items and consists of the options 'Never - A few times a year - Several times a month - Once a month - Once a week - Every day" in its original form, was reduced to five options in the adaptation study made by Ergin (1992) on the grounds that it was not suitable for Turkish culture. These options are listed according to their weight as follows: 1-) Never, 2-) Very rare, 3-) Sometimes, 4-) Most of the time, 5-) Always. The Maslach Burnout scale has three sub-dimensions. These; Emotional exhaustion consisting of nine items, depersonalization consisting of five items, and low sense of personal achievement consisting of eight items are subscales.

Time frame
[Time Frame: up to 10 week ]

Other outcomes

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