The Effect of Horticultural Therapy on Mental Health and Burnout Levels of Nursing Home Workers
NCT Number: NCT06484959
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Horticultural Therapy|Anxiety|Depression|Stress|Caregivers
Interventions: OTHER: Assigned Interventions
Sponsor: Ataturk University
Sex: ALL
Age: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Enrollment: 60
Study Design: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: PARALLEL|Masking: SINGLE (OUTCOMES_ASSESSOR)|Primary Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Start Date: 2024-07-15
Completion Date: 2024-11-30

Summary:
The incidence of people with disabilities in need of care services is increasing all over the world. This situation significantly increases the need for nursing homes and caregivers. In many countries, it is seen that "Horticultural Therapy" programs have started to be implemented to improve mental health. In this context, our aim in the project is to determine the effect of the "Horticultural therapy" program applied to nursing home employees in terms of mental health and burnout in nursing home employees. It is thought that the positive effect of this practice on nursing home employees will be able to better maintain their care-oriented practices. It is envisaged that the gardens to be built within the scope of the therapy program can be planned as areas where both caregivers and caregivers can be used, and the application can be integrated into other areas within the scope of public health over time

Primary Outcome Measures: Introductory Information Form, The form consists of 10 questions containing information about caregivers affected by the earthquake created by the researcher within the scope of the literature. The form includes questions including age, gender, education, marital status, number of children, occupation, duration of work in a nursing home, chronic disease status, medication used continuously, social activity with continuous participation, previous psychiatric / psychological help., [Time Frame: up to 1 day]
Secondary Outcome Measures: Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, The four-point Likert type scale developed by Lovibond and Lovibond (1995) consists of 14 depression, 14 anxiety and 14 stress dimensions; In order to provide faster, more effective access to resources and more qualified use of time, the short form of the scale, which consists of seven items, consists of 21 items. It is presented in a four-point Likert form as "Not Suitable at All (0) Somewhat Suitable (1) Generally Suitable (2) Completely Suitable (4)" and shows that as the scores obtained from the scale increase, the symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress increase., [Time Frame: up to 10 week ]|The Maslach Burnout Scale, developed by Christina Maslach and Susan Jackson (Maslach et al., 1997) and adapted to Turkish and conducted by Ergin (Ergin, 1992), was created to measure the perceived level of burnout. The 7-point Likert type scale, which consists of a total of 22 items and consists of the options 'Never - A few times a year - Several times a month - Once a month - Once a week - Every day" in its original form, was reduced to five options in the adaptation study made by Ergin (1992) on the grounds that it was not suitable for Turkish culture. These options are listed according to their weight as follows: 1-) Never, 2-) Very rare, 3-) Sometimes, 4-) Most of the time, 5-) Always. The Maslach Burnout scale has three sub-dimensions. These; Emotional exhaustion consisting of nine items, depersonalization consisting of five items, and low sense of personal achievement consisting of eight items are subscales., [Time Frame: up to 10 week ]