Effect of Clay Based Group Study With Elderly Living Alone

NCT ID: NCT04295083

Last Updated: 2020-03-05

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-12-27
• Study Completion Date: 2019-12-12

Brief Summary

This study determines the effectiveness of clay-based group study on the loneliness and hopelessness levels in elderly living alone. For this, while the experimental group will six 1,5 h weekly of clay-based group study and interviewed face-to-face twice, the control group will interview face-to-face twice

Detailed Description

One of the most important social changes today is the aging of the world's population. Along with the increasing elderly population, there is a serious increase in the number of elderly living alone. Many problems such as living alone, despair, insecurity, fear, depression, future anxiety, and close relationship longing are seen in the elderly who constitute the risk group in terms of mental health. The communication, social life and support opportunities of the elderly living alone with other people, their environment, relatives, and society are decreasing. Today, loneliness is one of the most commonly experienced psychological symptoms among the elderly. It has been reported that the feeling of loneliness is 80.0% in individuals aged 65 and over, and the age when this feeling is most common is 70 and above. Another of the most common emotions in the elderly is hopelessness. It is recommended to use art therapy, which is a supportive method suitable for a biopsychosocial approach in coping with loneliness and hopelessness. The art type, technique, and materials to be used in art therapy should be compatible with the age, ability, mental and physical development of the person to be applied. It is a substance that can be manipulated and deformed many times due to its clay structure. The person doing the clay works without fear of damaging the object due to the plastic and durable structure of the clay. Due to its advantage of being able to do it comfortably, it is a suitable art form for elderly individuals who are in the period of neurocognitive decline. Under this scope, this study will evaluate the effect of clay-based group study on the loneliness and hopelessness levels in elderly living alone.

Conditions

ART

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Experimental group

The experimental group will be six 1,5 h weekly of clay based group study and interviewed face-to-face twice by the researchers.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

clay based group study

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Clay based group work sessions were applied to the experimental group for 60-90 minutes once a week for 6 weeks. The sessions are composed of structured or semi-structured activities prepared for the purpose of the literature by the researcher for the purposes such as acquiring new solutions and life skills to reduce loneliness and hopelessness of individuals aged 65 and over, and sharing their feelings, thoughts, and memories with other individuals. Clay Study Activity Booklet ". Four expert opinions were obtained for the booklet created. Methods such as narration, sharing experiences, group practice, question-answer, learning by doing, imagining were used in the activity program. The physical, psychological, social and mental characteristics of the elderly were taken into consideration in the selection of these methods.

Control group

The control group will interviewed face-to-face twice

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

clay based group study

Clay based group work sessions were applied to the experimental group for 60-90 minutes once a week for 6 weeks. The sessions are composed of structured or semi-structured activities prepared for the purpose of the literature by the researcher for the purposes such as acquiring new solutions and life skills to reduce loneliness and hopelessness of individuals aged 65 and over, and sharing their feelings, thoughts, and memories with other individuals. Clay Study Activity Booklet ". Four expert opinions were obtained for the booklet created. Methods such as narration, sharing experiences, group practice, question-answer, learning by doing, imagining were used in the activity program. The physical, psychological, social and mental characteristics of the elderly were taken into consideration in the selection of these methods.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Older than 65 years and old,
• To get a score of 19 and above on the Mini-Mental Status examination scale,
• Scoring less than 30 on the Beck Depression scale,
• To score 32 and above on UCLA-LS Loneliness scale,
• To get 4 points or more from the Beck Hopelessness Scale,
• Volunteering to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria

• Having a perception disorder that will prevent communication,
• Having a neurological and physical discomfort (paralysis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.) in their hands,
• Having been diagnosed with any mental disorder

• Minimum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Karadeniz Technical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Merve Aydın

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

merve aydın

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Karadeniz Technical University

Locations

Merve Aydın

Trabzon, Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey (Türkiye)

Yasemin Kutlu

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

References

Aydin M, Kutlu FY. The Effect of Group Art Therapy on Loneliness and Hopelessness Levels of Older Adults Living Alone: A Randomized Controlled Study. Florence Nightingale J Nurs. 2021 Oct;29(3):271-284. doi: 10.5152/FNJN.2021.20224.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 35110167 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Nurse_Psychiatric61

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id