Psycho-Social Effects of Gardening Activities in the Elderly

NCT06964126 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Gardening activities
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 90
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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?

Conditions

Life Satisfaction; Self Esteem

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Life Satisfaction

  Scale score average; This scale, consisting of 5 items, has a 7-point Likert-type rating ("1" Strongly disagree - "7" Strongly agree). High scores indicate high levels of life satisfaction. The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 35; the lowest score is 5.

  2 months

Study Arms (2)

Gardening Activities Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Gardening activities will be applied to this group.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.

Other: Horticulture activities

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention will be applied to the control group.

Interventions

Horticulture activities OTHER

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.

Gardening Activities Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years - 100 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Muş Alparslan University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ağın Community Health Center

Elâzığ, 23960, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Personal Satisfaction

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Meltem Çapar, Speciaalist

  http://www.agin.gov.tr/ilce-toplum-sagligi-merkezi

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Meltem ÇAPAR, Specialist

CONTACT

534 870 67 49; sevdai_naram@hotmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 24, 2025
• First Posted: May 9, 2025
• Study Start: April 1, 2025
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2025
• Study Completion: August 30, 2025
• Last Updated: May 9, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)