Hand Massage and Play Activity in the Elderly

NCT ID: NCT05569616

Last Updated: 2022-10-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-08-01

Study Completion Date

2024-12-01

Brief Summary

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There is no study found that examined the effects of hand massage and play activity on the loneliness, comfort and psychological well-being of the elderly in nursing homes. This study was planned as a pretest-posttest randomized controlled dual center study in order to examine the effects of hand massage and play activity on loneliness, comfort and psychological well-being in the elderly. 60 elderly people living in two nursing homes in Mersin city center will form the sample of the study. The sample will consist of three groups as hand massage group, game activity group and control group. The data were using the "Elderly Information Form", "Standardized Mini-Mental Test", "Loneliness Scale fort he Elderly", "General Comfort Scale", "Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale", "Hand Massage" and "Play Activity (Jenga) will be collected. Hand massage group will be applied hand massage for 20 minutes for four weeks; the game activity group will play Jenga (game activity) for one hour a week. The control group will receive the institution's standart of care. Frequency, number, mean, Student's test and/or Mann-Whitney U test, ANOVA and/or Kruskal-Wallis test, Chi-square test and/or Correlation Analysis will be used in the analysis of the data. As a result of this research, the effects and benefits of hand massage and play activity on the loneliness, comfort and psychological well-being levels of the elderly living in nursing homes will be determined, and it is anticipated that these effects and benefits will be included in evidence-based guidlines.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Nursing Caries

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The research was planned as a pre-test-post-test randomized controlled and single-center study in order to examine the effects of hand massage and play activity on loneliness, comfort and psychological well-being in the elderly.
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Hand massage group

Based on the hand massage procedure, hand massage with baby oil will be applied for 20 minutes, three times a week (12 times in total) for 4 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Hand massage

Intervention Type OTHER

Hand massage is a simple comfort intervention that involves touch and conveys care that can easily be incorporated independently into routine nursing care activities. Hand massage is a western technique that includes five basic classical massage manipulations, including eufluorage, petrissage, friction, tapotman and vibration. Kolcaba et al. (2006) hand massage procedure will be applied with baby oil for 20 minutes, three times a week (12 times in total) for 4 weeks.

Play activity group

It will be played in groups of two for one hour once a week. The application will take 4 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Play activity

Intervention Type OTHER

The number of people for the Jenga game was determined as two people in order to strengthen the social relationship among the elderly and to strengthen their psychomotor skills. Each game will be played with two people. For this reason, the elderly will be divided into five separate groups, two people each.These groups will be played the Jenga game for one hour a week on a certain day of the week, accompanied by the researcher, during the activity hours determined by the nursing home. After the game activity (Jenga) application is completed at the end of the fourth week, the post-test scales will be re-administered to the elderly by the researcher.

Control group

These elderly people in the control group will benefit from the standard care practices offered in the institution, and no intervention will be given to these elderly people by the researcher.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Hand massage

Hand massage is a simple comfort intervention that involves touch and conveys care that can easily be incorporated independently into routine nursing care activities. Hand massage is a western technique that includes five basic classical massage manipulations, including eufluorage, petrissage, friction, tapotman and vibration. Kolcaba et al. (2006) hand massage procedure will be applied with baby oil for 20 minutes, three times a week (12 times in total) for 4 weeks.

Intervention Type OTHER

Play activity

The number of people for the Jenga game was determined as two people in order to strengthen the social relationship among the elderly and to strengthen their psychomotor skills. Each game will be played with two people. For this reason, the elderly will be divided into five separate groups, two people each.These groups will be played the Jenga game for one hour a week on a certain day of the week, accompanied by the researcher, during the activity hours determined by the nursing home. After the game activity (Jenga) application is completed at the end of the fourth week, the post-test scales will be re-administered to the elderly by the researcher.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Be in the age range of 65-84 years
2. Being literate
3. No visual or hearing impairment
4. Ability to communicate verbally
5. Loss of sensation in the hand, arthritis, phlebitis, inflammation, eczema and fracture, etc. absence
6. Absence of any finger or limb loss
7. A score of 25 and above on the Standardized Mini Mental Test
8. Not having been diagnosed with a mental illness such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's or major depression
9. Staying in a nursing home for at least three weeks
10. Agreeing to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria

1. Being 85 years or older
2. Having sensory problems in the hands
3. Having hand and nail deformities
4. Having an open wound or burn on the hands
5. Loss of limbs in fingers
6. Don't have neuropathy
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Mersin University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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AYSUN KAZAK

Lecturer

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Nursing home

Mersin, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Facility Contacts

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Aysun Kazak, MSc

Role: primary

+90 5513883318

Other Identifiers

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AKAZAK.TEZ-KTÜ

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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