Determining the Effect of Home Care Training on Anxiety and Depression Levels of Caregivers

The research was conducted in the homes of patients and caregivers who were registered with the Home Health Unit of Kelkit District State Hospital in Gümüşhane province and received home care services. Data collection tools were created between May and August 2023. Research data were collected between September 2023 and December 2024. The research was completed by data analysis and reporting between January and March 2025. The caregivers included in the research sample were listed consecutively according to the order of their application to the Home Health Unit of Kelkit District State Hospital in Gümüşhane province and were divided into experimental (n=23) and control (n=22) groups via the internet using the simple random sampling method. After 3 caregivers did not want to participate in the study, a study was conducted with 42 caregivers (21 experimental, 21 control). The first interview with the experimental (n=21) and control (n=21) groups was conducted face to face at the caregivers' homes, and a pre-test was conducted after the written consent form was obtained from the caregivers who agreed to participate in the study. In the pre-test application, the BVBF, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and Beck Depression Inventory were filled out. A second interview was conducted to determine the issues that the caregivers in the experimental group had difficulty with, experienced stress, felt the need for training, and wanted to receive training during care practices, and it was found that the majority of the caregivers wanted to receive patient bed bath training.After the second interview, bed bath training was planned for the caregivers of the patients in the experimental group, the training content and patient body bath caregiver follow-up forms were created, and the created training plan was sent for expert opinion in terms of suitability. After the expert opinion was received, a third interview was planned with the caregivers of the patients in the experimental group, during the interview, the caregivers were asked to apply body bath to the patient, the caregiver was observed while applying body bath to the patient, and in order to evaluate the incomplete/faulty practices of the caregiver during the application, the HVBBVİF was filled in by the researcher while the caregiver was performing the application.

1 week after the third interview, the 4th interview was conducted with the caregivers of the patients in the experimental group, and the bed bath training was demonstrated and applied by the researcher to the patient's caregiver. 1 week after the fourth interview, the 5th interview was conducted with the caregivers of the patients in the experimental group, and the HVBBVİF was filled in by the researcher while the caregiver was performing body bath to the patient, and the incomplete/faulty practices were corrected by the researcher with immediate feedback. Two weeks after the 5th interview, the 6th interview was conducted with the caregivers of the patients in the experimental group, the caregiver applied the bed bath to the patient, and the HVBBVİF was filled in by the researcher. One week after the sixth interview, the 7th interview was conducted with the experimental and control groups, and for the post-test application, the "BVBF", "Beck Anxiety Inventory", and "Beck Depression Inventory" were filled in again.

Inclusion criteria

• Being registered with the Kelkit District State Hospital Home Health Unit
• Being willing to participate in the research
• Being able to read and write in Turkish and be able to communicate
• Not having vision or hearing loss
• Being able to make phone calls

Exclusion criteria

• Not registered with Kelkit District State Hospital Home Health Unit
• Not volunteering to participate in the research
• Not knowing how to read and write in Turkish and not being able to communicate
• Having vision and hearing loss
• Not being able to communicate by phone