The Effect of Horticultural Therapy on Loneliness and Life Satisfaction in Elderly Adults Living in Nursing Home
NCT ID: NCT06311825
Last Updated: 2024-03-15
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Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
NA
54 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-04-01
2024-10-31
Brief Summary
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In our country, no study has been found on the effects of horticultural therapy on physical or mental health in elderly individuals. This research will be conducted as a randomized control group study to examine the effects of horticultural therapy on loneliness and life satisfaction in elderly individuals living in nursing homes.
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Detailed Description
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There are many non pharmacological applications aimed at reducing loneliness and increasing life satisfaction however in recent years, the use of horticultural therapy in the world has attracted attention. In horticultural therapy interventions, gardening activities are carried out using indoor and outdoor plants. The plants which is medicinal and aromatic selected according to culture and cultivation. The plants contribute to the improvement of physical and mental health by stimulating 5 senses that visual, hearing, tasting, touching and smell.
Horticultural therapy is important in terms of providing social activity, reducing loneliness and increasing life satisfaction in elderly individuals using the healing power of nature.
Horticultural therapy is also used by nurses who are mental health professionals. In Turkey, there is no study to examine effects of horticultural therapy effects on mental health in elderly individuals. It is thought that with this study, it will be important to apply a new method in our country and contribute to nursing science in non-pharmacological applications.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
NONE
Study Groups
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Horticultural Therapy Group (Experimental)
Horticultural therapy will be applied to experimental group.
Horticultural Therapy
One week before horticultural therapy (HT) interventions, face-to-face interviews will be held with the individuals in the experimental group and the forms will be filled in as a pretest.
HT will be applied to the experimental group. The application period was determined as a total of 6 weeks with 50-minute sessions twice a week.
Before starting the HT sessions, area preparations will be made and a safe therapeutic garden will be established.
Medicinal and aromatic plants will be selected that can grow in Turkey, are not harmful to human health, are fragrant and colorful in order to stimulate the senses, and according to air temperature and physical conditions.
HT sessions will consist of gardening activities (group meeting, introduction of plants and cultivation).
After HT interventions, the forms will be filled as a post test. The forms will be filled again 4 weeks after the end of the interventions for follow-up.
Controls (Control Group)
No intervention will be applied to the control group.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Horticultural Therapy
One week before horticultural therapy (HT) interventions, face-to-face interviews will be held with the individuals in the experimental group and the forms will be filled in as a pretest.
HT will be applied to the experimental group. The application period was determined as a total of 6 weeks with 50-minute sessions twice a week.
Before starting the HT sessions, area preparations will be made and a safe therapeutic garden will be established.
Medicinal and aromatic plants will be selected that can grow in Turkey, are not harmful to human health, are fragrant and colorful in order to stimulate the senses, and according to air temperature and physical conditions.
HT sessions will consist of gardening activities (group meeting, introduction of plants and cultivation).
After HT interventions, the forms will be filled as a post test. The forms will be filled again 4 weeks after the end of the interventions for follow-up.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Being literate,
* Living in nursing home for at least 3 months,
* Not diagnosed with dementia,
* Mini Mental Test Score\>24
* No additional neurological disease,
* No history of serious psychiatric illness,
* Not in the acute phase of a systemic disease,
* No vision or hearing loss that would hinder gardening activities,
* Does not have a physical disability that would hinder gardening activities,
* No history of falls,
* Not participating in different applications at the same time.
* Persons with allergic reactions to soil and plants that may hinder with gardening activities.
60 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Dilara Haktanır
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Hülya Bilgin, PhD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Sima Pouya, PhD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Malatya Inonu University
Locations
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Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)
Istanbul, Şişli, Turkey (Türkiye)
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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IstanbulUCDH
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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