Clinical trial NCT05746026: Effectiveness of Psycho-educational Program on Climate Change Distress and Risk Perception Among Older Adults.
Official title: Effectiveness of Psycho-educational Program on Climate Change Distress and Risk Perception Among Older Adults.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Psycho-educational Programو Climate Change Distressو Risk Perception, Older Adults
Lead sponsor: Alexandria University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-02-27
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: * Session 1: introduction and basic information about Climate Change: the researcher was describing the significance of the intended educational program sessions as well as the expected aims to be met.
* Session 3: explain climate change risks, describe and explain the impact of climate change on elder health and well-being. These consequences obviously include biological impacts and hazards to physical health and to human, also direct and indirect psychological and interpersonal impacts of climate change.
* Session 4: teaching proper behaviors that contribute the most to climate-driving emissions.
* Session 5: learning how adapting and coping with climate change. Adaptation includes a range of coping actions that individuals may take, as well as psychological processes
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Research design The study followed a quasi-experimental study with two groups (study and control group) with a pre-test and post-test.

Setting:

This study was conducted at three elderly clubs at Damanhour city, El-Behaira Governorate, Egypt. These clubs are affiliated to the Ministry of Social Solidarity, Egypt namely Ahbab Allah, Alfady, and Alrabie Clubs. These clubs opens seven days per week from 9 am to 12 pm. The total attendance rate of older adults in these clubs amounted to 213; 93 older adults in Alfady Club, 70 in Ahbab Allah Club and 50 older adults in Alrabie Club.

Detailed description: * An Official letter from the Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University was directed to the director of the Ministry of Social Solidarity in El -Behira governorate to obtain permission to conduct the study, then to the directors of the three elderly clubs in Damanhour city to obtain their approval to carry out the study.
* A Socio-Demographic Data and clinical Structured Interview Schedule (tool II) was developed by the researchers based on review of related literature. The Arabic version of tool I (Mini-Mental State Examination) and tool IV (Risk Perception Scale) were used in this study.
* The study subjects who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were interviewed individually in the garden of the clubs in order to collect the necessary data (tool I, II, III, and IV). Then, the researcher interviewed the clients in group composed of 8 older adults to implement program. Each session taken about 30-45 minutes.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Aged 60 years and above.
2. Able to communicate effectively.
3. Did not have malignancies or psychiatric diseases.

Exclusion Criteria:

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Primary outcomes:
measure: Climate Change Distress and Impairment Scale (CC-DIS):
timeFrame: 2 weeks
measure: Risk Perception Scale:
timeFrame: 2 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Damanhūr
country: Egypt
facility: Faculty of Nursing
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