Gardening Activities for the Elderly Psychological Well-Being and Depression

T.C. ORDU ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Status: Completed

Conditions: Elderly Person

Treatments: Other: Gardening Activities

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05256680

Ordu1234

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose of the Study: This research will be conducted to determine the effects of gardening activities applied to the elderly in nursing homes on psychological well-being and depression.

Research Hypotheses H0: Gardening activities applied to the elderly in the nursing home do not affect the psychological well-being of the elderly.

H1: Gardening activities applied to the elderly in nursing homes increase the psychological well-being of the elderly.

H0: Gardening activities applied to the elderly in the nursing home do not affect the depression level of the elderly.

H1: Gardening activities applied to the elderly in nursing homes reduce the depression level of the elderly.

Full description

This study was planned as a single-blind randomized controlled experimental study.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Staying in a nursing home for at least 3 months,
• Does not have a physical disability that may hinder gardening activities,
• No vision or hearing loss that may hinder gardening activities,
• Open to communication and cooperation,
• The elderly who volunteer to participate in the study will be included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Having a serious medical disability (such as paralysis, Parkinson's),
• Having a serious psychiatric diagnosis,
• Severely demented and
• The elderly who do not want to continue the research will be excluded from the research.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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46 participants in 2 patient groups

Gardening Activities

Experimental group

Description:

In the research, the elderly in the experimental group will have gardening activities once a week for 3 months.

Treatment:

Other: Gardening Activities

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

No intervention will be applied to the elderly in the control group during the research. They will participate in routine activities in the nursing home.

Treatment:

Other: Gardening Activities