Elderly Who Received Horticulturel Therapy
The Effect Of Horticultural Therapy On The Level Of Happiness And Loneliness Of Elderly Living In Nursing Home
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interventional
50
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Brief Summary
Horticultural Therapy (HT) method refers to the process of using gardening as a method to maintain and improve the existing health status of the individual, which can be applied by healthcare professionals. Horticultural therapy method is an application that positively contributes to the cognitive, physical, social, emotional processes and entertainment processes of the elderly. Collins and O 'Callaghan (2008 ) and Yao and Chen (2016) showed that older individuals with serious illness and weakness had improved health outcomes when they were busy with plants. In a study by Yao and Chen (2016); Individuals aged 65 years and older were treated with HT once a week for eight weeks, and an increase in daily life activities, happiness and interpersonal affinity was observed. In another semi-experimental study by Tse (2010), elderly individuals were given HT for eight weeks, after which an increase in life satisfaction and social communication of the elderly and a significant decrease in loneliness were found. These results showed that HT can be used for therapeutic purposes in the elderly. While horticultural therapy is used as a therapeutic approach for the elderly in nursing homes, there is still no such study in the geography we live in. The research was planned to determine the effect of hortic culture therapy on the loneliness and happiness levels of the elderly living in the nursing home.
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Started Mar 2020
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 28, 2020
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 2, 2020
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
March 11, 2020
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 30, 2020
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 30, 2020
CompletedMarch 3, 2020
March 1, 2020
3 months
February 28, 2020
March 2, 2020
Conditions
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
The Loneliness Scale for the Elderly.
Applying garden culture treatment for the elderly who stay in the nursing home. It has been developed for use in determining the loneliness level of the elderly. The scale, which has 11 items in total, consists of two sub-dimensions: six items (2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10) of the scale, negative items that measure emotional loneliness; five items (1, 4, 7, 8, 11) are positive items that measure social loneliness. Total loneliness can be divided into four levels: Level 1; not alone / feeling lonely (score 0-4); Level 2; acceptable loneliness (score 5-14); Level 3; very lonely (points 15-18); Level 4; Very intense loneliness (score 19-22). The lowest score to be taken from the scale is 0, the highest score is 22. The Cronbach's alpha of the scale is α = .85.
6 months
The Subjective Happiness Scale.
Applying radicultural therapy for the elderly who stay in the nursing home. Subjective Happiness Scale consists of 4 descriptive items. Item 4 of the scale is reversed. Although there are no sub-dimensions of the scale, minimum 4 and maximum 28 points are obtained from the scale. High scores to be obtained from the scale indicate that the subjective happiness of the individual is high.Cronbach α reliability coefficient was found as .86
6 months
Study Arms (2)
elderly people to undergo hortic culture therapy
EXPERIMENTALHorticultural Therapy will be applied to the elderly in the experimental group in the form of two days a week visit for eight weeks. Flower and vegetable seedlings suitable for the season will be planted in the garden with the elderly. The elderly will be asked to take care of the plants they planted every day (irrigation and collecting extra herbs) and the elderly people will be observed by doing these processes twice a week
elderly people who will not receive horticultural therapy
NO INTERVENTIONpre-test data forms will be applied to the control group. Post-test data forms will be reapplied after 8 weeks
Interventions
Flowers and vegetables will be planted with the elderly. Growth of plants planted with the elderly will be observed and maintained
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Being 65 or older
- Ability to understand and respond to research guidelines
- Ability to act independently
- No known allergic disease.
You may not qualify if:
- Having a diagnosed psychiatric disease
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Istanbul Unıversıty- Cerrahpaşa
Istanbul, Istanbul/ Şişli, 34381, Turkey (Türkiye)
Related Publications (7)
Kamioka H, Tsutani K, Yamada M, Park H, Okuizumi H, Honda T, Okada S, Park SJ, Kitayuguchi J, Abe T, Handa S, Mutoh Y. Effectiveness of horticultural therapy: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Complement Ther Med. 2014 Oct;22(5):930-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.08.009. Epub 2014 Sep 1.
PMID: 25440385RESULTKim KH, Park SA. Horticultural therapy program for middle-aged women's depression, anxiety, and self-identify. Complement Ther Med. 2018 Aug;39:154-159. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2018.06.008. Epub 2018 Jun 26.
PMID: 30012387RESULTNg KST, Sia A, Ng MKW, Tan CTY, Chan HY, Tan CH, Rawtaer I, Feng L, Mahendran R, Larbi A, Kua EH, Ho RCM. Effects of Horticultural Therapy on Asian Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Aug 9;15(8):1705. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15081705.
PMID: 30096932RESULTChan HY, Ho RC, Mahendran R, Ng KS, Tam WW, Rawtaer I, Tan CH, Larbi A, Feng L, Sia A, Ng MK, Gan GL, Kua EH. Effects of horticultural therapy on elderly' health: protocol of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Geriatr. 2017 Aug 29;17(1):192. doi: 10.1186/s12877-017-0588-z.
PMID: 28851276RESULTNicholas SO, Giang AT, Yap PLK. The Effectiveness of Horticultural Therapy on Older Adults: A Systematic Review. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2019 Oct;20(10):1351.e1-1351.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.06.021. Epub 2019 Aug 8.
PMID: 31402135RESULTLo SKL, Lam WYY, Kwan RYC, Tse MMY, Lau JKH, Lai CKY. Effects of horticultural therapy: Perspectives of frail and pre-frail older nursing home residents. Nurs Open. 2019 Jul 3;6(3):1230-1236. doi: 10.1002/nop2.323. eCollection 2019 Jul.
PMID: 31367449RESULTSoderback I, Soderstrom M, Schalander E. Horticultural therapy: the 'healing garden'and gardening in rehabilitation measures at Danderyd Hospital Rehabilitation Clinic, Sweden. Pediatr Rehabil. 2004 Oct-Dec;7(4):245-60. doi: 10.1080/13638490410001711416.
PMID: 15513768RESULT
MeSH Terms
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- PhD Student of Nursing / Senior Instructor Department of Nursing
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 28, 2020
First Posted
March 2, 2020
Study Start
March 11, 2020
Primary Completion
May 30, 2020
Study Completion
July 30, 2020
Last Updated
March 3, 2020
Record last verified: 2020-03
Data Sharing
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