Gardening Activities for the Elderly Psychological Well-Being and Depression

Ordu University46 enrolled

Overview

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.

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

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Elderly Person

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Psychological Well-Being Scale

The Turkish validity and reliability studies of the scale, which was developed by Butler and Kern (2016), in order to evaluate the well-being levels of individuals, were conducted by Demirci et al. (2017), made by The scale consists of 15 items, 8 fillers and 5 sub-dimensions. In the evaluation of the scale, the average score of the items of each dimension is taken. However, none alone explains the level of well-being; each dimension contributes to well-being. In addition, apart from the dimensions of well-being, Butler and Kern (2016) stated that 6 of the 8 fillers in the scale were H health (4th, 13th and 18th items) and N negative emotions (7th, 14th and 20th items). added as a separate size.

Time frame: 12 weeks

Geriatric Depression Scale

Yesavage et al. (1993) based on self-report. The short form of GDS consisting of 15 questions will be used in this study. The Turkish validity and reliability study of the scale was performed by Ertan et al. (1997), by 5 questions (1st, 5th, 7th, 11th and 13th) in the scale are structured positively and the others negatively. In the evaluation of the scale, "no" answers to positive questions and "yes" answers to negative questions were matched with 1 point each. The scores that can be obtained from the scale are between 0-15. Above five points is considered as depression. The cronbach alpha value of the scale is 0.92.