Psycho-Social Effects of Gardening Activities in the Elderly

NCT ID: NCT06964126

Last Updated: 2025-05-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

90 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-04-01

Study Completion Date

2025-08-30

Brief Summary

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In this study titled "Psycho-Social Effects of Gardening Activities in the Elderly: A Study on Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction", the elderly will be divided into two groups as experimental and control groups. Participants will be randomly assigned to the groups. No intervention will be made to the patients in the control group. Gardening activities will be performed on the patients in the experimental group as of April. The following questions will be answered in this study;

Do gardening activities affect the self-esteem level of the elderly? Do gardening activities affect the life satisfaction level of the elderly?

Detailed Description

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In this study titled "Psycho-Social Effects of Gardening Activities in the Elderly: A Study on Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction", the elderly will be divided into two groups as experimental and control groups. Participants will be randomly assigned to the groups. No intervention will be made to the patients in the control group. Gardening activities will be performed on the patients in the experimental group as of April. The study is very important as it is the first of its kind in the literature. In addition, it is thought that the results of this study will contribute scientifically to psychiatric nurses who care for elderly individuals and to the literature in the field of nursing. Data will be collected using the "Life Satisfaction Scale" and the "Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Short Form Scale".

The following questions will be answered in this study; Do gardening activities affect the self-esteem level of the elderly? Do gardening activities affect the life satisfaction level of the elderly?

Conditions

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Life Satisfaction Self Esteem

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Gardening Activities Group

Gardening activities will be applied to this group.In the study, the elderly individuals in the experimental group will have a total of 8 sessions of gardening activities once a week (on Thursday) for 2 months. Before the gardening activities, the garden and environment will be prepared by the researcher, the elderly individuals will be informed about the day's activities and, if necessary, videos about the activities will be watched and photographs related to the sessions will be shown.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Horticulture activities

Intervention Type OTHER

In the study, the elderly individuals in the experimental group will have a total of 8 sessions of gardening activities once a week (on Thursday) for 2 months. Before the gardening activities, the garden and environment will be prepared by the researcher, the elderly individuals will be informed about the day's activities and, if necessary, videos about the activities will be watched and photographs related to the sessions will be shown.

Control Group

No intervention will be applied to the control group.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Horticulture activities

In the study, the elderly individuals in the experimental group will have a total of 8 sessions of gardening activities once a week (on Thursday) for 2 months. Before the gardening activities, the garden and environment will be prepared by the researcher, the elderly individuals will be informed about the day's activities and, if necessary, videos about the activities will be watched and photographs related to the sessions will be shown.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* The elderly who have a Standardized Mini Mental Test score of 24 and above,
* Do not have vision or hearing loss that may prevent gardening activities,
* Are open to communication and cooperation,
* Volunteer to participate in the study will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

* Having a communication problem
* Having attended a gardening training in the last 6 months
* Having a physical illness that would prevent gardening activities
* Having a psychiatric illness that would prevent gardening activities will be excluded from the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Muş Alparslan University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Meltem Çapar, Speciaalist

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

http://www.agin.gov.tr/ilce-toplum-sagligi-merkezi

Locations

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Ağın Community Health Center

Elâzığ, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

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Meltem ÇAPAR, Specialist

Role: CONTACT

534 870 67 49

Facility Contacts

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Meltem Çapar, Specialst

Role: primary

538 8706749

Other Identifiers

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Gardening activities

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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