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

NCT ID: NCT06484959

Last Updated: 2024-07-03

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-07-15
• Study Completion Date: 2024-11-30

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

Caregivers working in a nursing home will be in the experimental group, and caregivers working in a different care center in the same region will be in the control group. A total of 8 sessions of horticultural therapy activities will be explained to the nursing home employees in the experimental group 1 time a week for 2 months. These trainings, which will be given to the people in the experimental group, will be held in the service building in the nursing home building and in the garden (practical) trainings. 4 different groups of 8/9 people will be formed from 30 people in each garden experiment group and the gardens will be allocated to the users. The purpose of these groups is not to make different applications, but to use the area comfortably. These garden users will be given different vegetables, fruits, seasonal flowers, fruit and ornamental tree seedlings and will be asked to design and implement their own gardens. The preliminary preparation of the gardens will be done through the procurement of services within the scope of the project.Horticultural therapy training will be carried out by the landscape architect who is a researcher in the project. In our project, all activities will be carried out under the supervision of nurse researchers and landscape architect researchers involved in the project. This therapy program is expected to reduce depression, anxiety, stress levels and burnout levels that affect mental health. 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.

Conditions

Horticultural Therapy; Anxiety; Depression; Stress; Caregivers

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Horticultural therapy 1st session

What is horticultural therapy?: the scope of horticultural therapy, information will be given in the nursing home conference room. The training will be done with a power point presentation.In terms of the suitability of the caregivers, the training will be carried out by dividing into 3 groups of 10 people. Training will last 40 minutes. This training will be on Monday

Group Type: OTHER

Assigned Interventions

Intervention Type: OTHER

Assigned Interventions

Horticultural therapy 2st session

Horticultural therapy garden design and principles?: Within the scope of horticultural therapy, information will be given in the nursing home conference room. The training will be done with a power point presentation.In terms of the suitability of the caregivers, the training will be carried out by dividing into 3 groups of 10 people. Training will last 40 minutes. This process will take place with the soil sample sent to agricultural engineering.This training will be on Tuesday

Group Type: OTHER

Assigned Interventions

Intervention Type: OTHER

Assigned Interventions

Horticultural therapy 3st session

The relationship between soil, plants and water: information will be provided by the landscape architect involved in the research. The scope of horticultural therapy, information will be given in the nursing home conference room. The training will be done with a power point presentation.In terms of the suitability of the caregivers, the training will be carried out by dividing into 3 groups of 10 people. Training will last 30 minutes.This process will take place with the soil sample sent to agricultural engineering.This training will be on Wednesday

Group Type: OTHER

Assigned Interventions

Intervention Type: OTHER

Assigned Interventions

Horticultural therapy 4st session

Introduction and characteristics of plants: This information will be provided by the landscape architect involved in the research. The scope of horticultural therapy, information will be given in the nursing home conference room. The training will be done with a power point presentation.In terms of the suitability of the caregivers, the training will be carried out by dividing into 3 groups of 10 people. Training will last 30 minutes. This training will be on Thursday

Group Type: OTHER

Assigned Interventions

Intervention Type: OTHER

Assigned Interventions

Horticultural therapy 5st session

Care and watering techniques: This information will be provided by the landscape architect involved in the research. The scope of horticultural therapy, information will be given in the nursing home conference room. The training will be done with a power point presentation.In terms of the suitability of the caregivers, the training will be carried out by dividing into 3 groups of 10 people. Training will last 30 minutes. This training will be on Friday.

Group Type: OTHER

Assigned Interventions

Intervention Type: OTHER

Assigned Interventions

Horticultural therapy 6st session

Survey analysis in gardens: Samples will be taken from the soil, analyzed, soil examination will be made, and the substances to be fertilized will be determined. This process will take place with the soil sample sent to agricultural engineering.This was done when the caregivers were informed.

Group Type: OTHER

Assigned Interventions

Intervention Type: OTHER

Assigned Interventions

Horticultural therapy 7st session

Preparing the area in the garden for planting was done when the caregivers were informed. The garden created with the drawings made within the scope of the work plan was prepared. Soil is prepared for planting by hoeing and fertilizing.

Group Type: OTHER

Assigned Interventions

Intervention Type: OTHER

Assigned Interventions

Horticultural therapy 8st session

Planting seedlings and seeds in gardens: The information about horticultural therapy, the plants were planted by the caregivers. This process has been achieved by implementing the training and information provided by the researchers.

Group Type: OTHER

Assigned Interventions

Intervention Type: OTHER

Assigned Interventions

Interventions

Assigned Interventions

Assigned Interventions

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Working in a nursing home
• Not being allergic to flowers and plants
• Willingness to work
• To be open to communication and cooperation,
• Scoring 8 points or more on the stress sub-dimension of the DASS measurement tool

Exclusion Criteria

• Those with musculoskeletal disorders
• Those who use antipsychotic drugs

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Ataturk University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Suheyla YARALI

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

Süheyla YARALI

Role: CONTACT

suheyla.yarali@atauni.edu.tr

04422311448 ext. 1448

References

Yarali S, Cengiz M, Kilic D. The effect of mindfulness-based compassionate living training on post-earthquake trauma, grief process, and self-compassion in earthquake-affected university students: a randomized controlled trial. Psychol Health Med. 2025 Sep 2:1-18. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2025.2552963. Online ahead of print.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 40892898 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

suheylayaralı-3

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id