Effectiveness of Psycho-educational Program on Climate Change Distress and Risk Perception Among Older Adults.

Alexandria University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Psycho-educational Programو Climate Change Distressو Risk Perception, Older Adults

Treatments: Behavioral: Psycho-educational Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05746026

1522023

Details and patient eligibility

About

Research design The study followed a quasi-experimental study with two groups (study and control group) with a pre-test and post-test.

Setting:

This study was conducted at three elderly clubs at Damanhour city, El-Behaira Governorate, Egypt. These clubs are affiliated to the Ministry of Social Solidarity, Egypt namely Ahbab Allah, Alfady, and Alrabie Clubs. These clubs opens seven days per week from 9 am to 12 pm. The total attendance rate of older adults in these clubs amounted to 213; 93 older adults in Alfady Club, 70 in Ahbab Allah Club and 50 older adults in Alrabie Club.

Full description

• An Official letter from the Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University was directed to the director of the Ministry of Social Solidarity in El -Behira governorate to obtain permission to conduct the study, then to the directors of the three elderly clubs in Damanhour city to obtain their approval to carry out the study.
• A Socio-Demographic Data and clinical Structured Interview Schedule (tool II) was developed by the researchers based on review of related literature. The Arabic version of tool I (Mini-Mental State Examination) and tool IV (Risk Perception Scale) were used in this study.
• The study subjects who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were interviewed individually in the garden of the clubs in order to collect the necessary data (tool I, II, III, and IV). Then, the researcher interviewed the clients in group composed of 8 older adults to implement program. Each session taken about 30-45 minutes.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Aged 60 years and above.
2. Able to communicate effectively.
3. Did not have malignancies or psychiatric diseases.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

STUDY GROUP

Experimental group

Description:

• The study subjects who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were interviewed individually in the garden of the clubs in order to collect the necessary data (tool I, II, III, and IV). Then, the researcher interviewed the clients in group composed of 8 older adults to implement the Psycho-educational Program . Each session taken about 30-45 minutes.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psycho-educational Program

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Control group exposed to the usual routine care

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psycho-educational Program