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NCT Number: NCT06484959

The Effect of Horticultural Therapy on Mental Health and Burnout Levels of Nursing Home Workers

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

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Key information

Conditions

Horticultural Therapy Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Caregivers Depression Mental Disorders Personal Satisfaction Psychological Well-Being Stress

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

Caregivers working in a nursing home will be in the experimental group, and caregivers working in a different care center in the same region will be in the control group. A total of 8 sessions of horticultural therapy activities will be explained to the nursing home employees in the experimental group 1 time a week for 2 months. These trainings, which will be given to the people in the experimental group, will be held in the service building in the nursing home building and in the garden (practical) trainings. 4 different groups of 8/9 people will be formed from 30 people in each garden experiment group and the gardens will be allocated to the users. The purpose of these groups is not to make different applications, but to use the area comfortably. These garden users will be given different vegetables, fruits, seasonal flowers, fruit and ornamental tree seedlings and will be asked to design and implement their own gardens. The preliminary preparation of the gardens will be done through the procurement of services within the scope of the project.Horticultural therapy training will be carried out by the landscape architect who is a researcher in the project. In our project, all activities will be carried out under the supervision of nurse researchers and landscape architect researchers involved in the project. This therapy program is expected to reduce depression, anxiety, stress levels and burnout levels that affect mental health. 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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Working in a nursing home
  • Not being allergic to flowers and plants
  • Willingness to work
  • To be open to communication and cooperation,
  • Scoring 8 points or more on the stress sub-dimension of the DASS measurement tool

Exclusion criteria

  • Those with musculoskeletal disorders
  • Those who use antipsychotic drugs

Treatment and study plan

Assigned Interventions

Other

Assigned Interventions

Primary outcomes

  1. Introductory Information Form

    Time frame: [Time Frame: up to 1 day]

    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.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Depression Anxiety Stress Scale

    Time frame: [Time Frame: up to 10 week ]

    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.

  2. The Maslach Burnout Scale

    Time frame: [Time Frame: up to 10 week ]

    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.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Süheyla YARALI

CONTACT

[email protected]

04422311448 ext. 1448

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ataturk University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Horticultural Therapy Applied to Nursing Home Workers on Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Burnout Levels

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Jul 3, 2024
Registry last updated
Jul 3, 2024

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