Nursing Homes on Constipation and General Comfort

Giresun Huzurevi Yaşlı Bakım ve Rehabilitasyon Merkezi70 enrolled

Overview

The Effect of Reminiscence Therapy on Constipation Applied to Elderly Individuals Staying in a Nursing Home in Giresun Province

Research; This study will be conducted to determine the effect of reminiscence therapy, given once or twice a week to elderly people living in nursing homes, on constipation by reducing stress levels. It is thought that the results obtained will provide evidence for reducing constipation, which significantly limits life. Patients who complain of constipation at the Nursing Home Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Center, who voluntarily agree to participate in the research and who meet the sample selection criteria will be included in the study. Patient information will be collected and the research pre-test, post-test and application will be carried out face to face.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Constipation Nursing Caries

Interventions

reminiscence therapyOTHER

Reminiscence Therapy is a supportive care model that has been used in recent years and increases life comfort.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion criteria for the study: * Those aged 65 and over, * Able to answer all questions and be communicative, * Scoring 24 or above from the Mini Mental test, * Agreeing to participate in the research, * Diagnosed with constipation by the institution physician and meeting the Rome III Constipation Diagnostic Criteria, * There is no deterioration in skin integrity or infection in the abdominal area, * No diarrhea, * Individuals without a history of abdominal surgery will be included in the study. Exclusion Criteria * Psychiatric drug users, * Those who score below 24 on the Mini Mental Test, * Those who do not meet the Rome III Diagnostic Criteria for Constipation, * Those with impaired skin integrity or infection in the abdominal area, * People with diarrhoea, * History of abdominal surgery Those who refused to participate in the study

Locations (1)

Giresun Huzurevi Yaşli Bakim Ve Rehabilitasyon Merkezi

Giresun, Merkez, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Constipation Severity Scale (CSS) General Comfort

It was developed by Varma et al. in 2008. It is a scale for determining the frequency, intensity and difficulty/difficulty during defecation.

Time frame: Constipation levels will be measured at the begining of the study (pre-test) and end of the intervention of the 5 weeks (post test)

Defecation Monitoring Form in a Standard Diary (DMFSD)

In the form developed by Pamuk et al. (2003) there is a 7-day follow-up schedule consisting of 5 items, including the number of defecation, the amount of stool, the stool consistency, the feeling of buckling during defecation and the feeling of not fully emptying after defecation. For each symptom of constipation, all scores collected during the pre-treatment (7 days), sequence of application (21 days) and post-treatment (7 days) days were calculated by dividing the number of defecations performed within the same days.

Time frame: Constipation status will be monitored at the beginning of the study and daily for 5 weeks

General Comfort Questionnaire

It was developed by Kolcaba in 1992. A validity and reliability study was conducted by Kuğuoğlu and Karabacak in 2004. The General Comfort Scale is used to determine the comfort needs and to evaluate the state of achieving the result of increasing the expected comfort with the nursing interventions that constitute comfort, which includes three levels (relief, relaxation and superiority) and four dimensions (physical, psychospiritual, sociocultural and environmental) that constitute the theoretical factors of comfort.

Time frame: Comfort levels will be measured at the begining of the study (pre-test) and end of the intervention of the 5 weeks (post test)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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