Clinical trial NCT03695133: Nursing Care Interventions According to Integrative Nursing and Omaha System in Elderly Women Feeling Loneliness
Official title: Effects of Nursing Care Interventions According to Integrative Nursing and Omaha System in Elderly Women Feeling Loneliness: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Loneliness
Keywords: loneliness
elderly
integrative nursing
omaha system
Lead sponsor: Akdeniz University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-10-03
Enrollment: 55
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Objectives: The present study investigates the effects of nursing care interventions on the physical, psychological, social and spiritual health of the elderly women with high level of loneliness according to the principles of integrative nursing and Omaha System.

Methods: This study protocol describes a randomised controlled trial with to parallel group design. After the level of loneliness of elderly women will be determined by the Loneliness Scale for the Elderly in the Family Health Center, women with high levels of loneliness will be randomly assigned to the intervention and control group. Nursing care interventions consisting of group-based (sightseeing, picnics, theater, cinema) and individual according to Integrative Nursing and Omaha System. Elderly women who feel loneliness will continue for 12 weeks. Pre-tests and post-tests will be completed during home visits made by the researchers.

Discussion: This study will provide evidence regarding the effectiveness of nursing care interventions that include the comprehensive (physical, psychological, social and spiritual) evaluation of their health, and contribute to provide care in terms of Integrative Nursing and Omaha System.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* to be independent according to the Katz Daily Activities Activity Scale;
* no problem in physical activity with the suggestion of the doctor in Family Health Center;
* living alone or with family;
* good cognitive state (place, time and person orientation) with the suggestion of the doctor; - the willingness to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* to live in any elderly care center or nursing home;
* to be semi-dependent and dependent according to the Katz Daily Activities Activity Scale
* to have a psychiatric disorder.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Loneliness Scale for the Elderly
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: International Physical Activity Questionnaire
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Health Status Perception Scale
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Social Inclusion Scale
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Well-being Index
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Healthy Life Style Behavior Scale II (spiritual development sub-scale)
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Antalya
country: Turkey
facility: Akdeniz University
Study officials:
affiliation: Research Assistant
name: Ayşegül ILGAZ
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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