Psycho-Social Effects of Gardening Activities in the Elderly
"Psycho-Social Effects of Gardening Activities in the Elderly: An Investigation on Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction
Muş Alparslan University
90 participants
Apr 1, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
In this study titled "Psycho-Social Effects of Gardening Activities in the Elderly: A Study on Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction", the elderly will be divided into two groups as experimental and control groups. Participants will be randomly assigned to the groups. No intervention will be made to the patients in the control group. Gardening activities will be performed on the patients in the experimental group as of April. The following questions will be answered in this study; Do gardening activities affect the self-esteem level of the elderly? Do gardening activities affect the life satisfaction level of the elderly?
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria4
- The elderly who have a Standardized Mini Mental Test score of 24 and above,
- Do not have vision or hearing loss that may prevent gardening activities,
- Are open to communication and cooperation,
- Volunteer to participate in the study will be included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria4
- Having a communication problem
- Having attended a gardening training in the last 6 months
- Having a physical illness that would prevent gardening activities
- Having a psychiatric illness that would prevent gardening activities will be excluded from the study.
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Interventions
In the study, the elderly individuals in the experimental group will have a total of 8 sessions of gardening activities once a week (on Thursday) for 2 months. Before the gardening activities, the garden and environment will be prepared by the researcher, the elderly individuals will be informed about the day's activities and, if necessary, videos about the activities will be watched and photographs related to the sessions will be shown.
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NCT06964126