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

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Detailed Description
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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.

Official Title
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The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Education to Elderly Care Students on Ageism, Attitudes to Elderly, Empathy and Body Image

Conditions
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Ageism

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Randomized Controlled Trial
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: Control Group<br>Data collection forms will be applied to the students in the control group first. They will then continue their normal education. | |
| Experimental: Intervention Group<br>Data collection forms will be applied to the students in the intervention group first. Afterwards, cognitive-behavioral therapy training will be implemented as four modules, lasting 1 month in total. | Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy<br>* 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.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | Change from Baseline Ageism Attitude Scale at 1 month | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Empathy, Elderly care, Ageism, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy