The Effect of Conscious Awareness Development Psychoeducation Program Prepared for Caregivers

Kafkas University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Mental Health Issue

Treatments: Other: Conscious Awareness Development Psychoeducation Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06675773

KAÜ-SBF-NK 01

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to increase the conscious awareness of caregivers and reduce work stress and compassion fatigue.

Full description

This study was planned in an experimental design with pre-test post-test follow-up measurements, experimental and control groups. The universe of the study consisted of care personnel working in institutions affiliated to the Provincial Directorate of Family, Labor and Social Services located in a city center in the east of Turkey. The sample calculation was made using the G-Power program (Experiment 14, Control 14). Since there may be omissions, the experimental group was determined as 20 participants and the control group as 20 participants. In this study, a nine-session training program will be applied to the experimental group. No application will be made to the control group. The conscious awareness development psychoeducation program will be applied once a week and for 90 minutes. Each session will be conducted in line with certain objectives. The sessions will be conducted by the investigator. Ethics committee approval was obtained before starting the study. Institutional permissions and written informed consent will be obtained for the participants. Informed consent will include information about the research and information that will ensure confidentiality.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being over 18 years of age,
• Being actively working as a care worker in relevant institutions.

Exclusion criteria

• Having received similar training before
• Having been diagnosed with a mental illness
• Wanting to leave the study at any stage.
• Not having attended more than two sessions.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental Group

Experimental group

Description:

The Conscious Awareness Development Psychoeducation Program will be applied to the experimental group. Conscious awareness and self-compassion techniques will be used in the psychoeducation program sessions. Homework will be given to the participants in each session. The psychoeducation program is prepared based on conscious awareness.

Treatment:

Other: Conscious Awareness Development Psychoeducation Program

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No application will be made to the Control Group.