The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Education to Elderly Care Students on Outcome Measures

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University53 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study, to examine the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy education to elderly care students on ageism, attitudes towards the elderly, empathy and body image.

Students in the control group will continue their normal education. The students in the intervention group will be given training on ageism, elderly attitude, empathy and body image in the cognitive therapy training, which will be given by a psychological counselor who is an expert in the field and will last for a total of 1 month in four modules.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Ageism

Interventions

Cognitive Behavioral TherapyBEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on challenging and changing cognitive distortions and behaviors, improving emotional regulation and the development of personal coping strategies that target solving current problems.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Students who do not have hearing, speech and psychiatric problems that prevent communication * Students who volunteered to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: \- Students who do not want to be involved in the study

Locations (1)

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Vocational School of Health Services

Muğla, Köyceğiz, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Kogan Attitudes Toward Old People Scale

The scale measures the attitudes of individuals towards the elderly. An increase in the total score indicates that the individual has a positive attitude towards the elderly. 34 is the lowest score, and 204 is the highest score obtained from the scale. A high score obtained from the scale indicates a positive attitude towards older people.

Time frame: Change from Baseline Kogan Score at 1 month

The Cognitive Affective and Somatic Empathy Scales (CASES) for Children

The scale was developed to evaluate the empathy levels of children and adolescents.The total score for thirty items ranges from 0 to 60, and it is thought that the higher the score, the higher the tendency to empathize.

Time frame: Change from Baseline CASES Score at 1 month

Ageism Attitude Scale

It is a scale with three sub-dimensions: limiting the life of the elderly, positive discrimination and negative discrimination attitudes towards the elderly. A high score indicates a positive attitude. The highest possible score from the survey was 190 and the lowest was 38 according to this scoring scale.

Time frame: Change from Baseline Ageism Attitude Scale at 1 month

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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