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

NCT07053553 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Gumushane University
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 42
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study was conducted to determine the effects of home care training given to caregivers of patients receiving home care services on the anxiety and depression levels of the caregivers. The study was conducted as a pre-test/post-test, randomized controlled quasi-experimental with a total of 42 patients and caregivers receiving home care services, 21 in the experimental group and 21 in the control group, registered at the Home Health Unit of Kelkit District State Hospital in Gümüşhane province between September 2023 and December 2024. Caregiver Information Form, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, and Patient Body Bath Caregiver Follow-up Form were used as data collection tools. The caregivers in the experimental group were asked about which subject they wanted to receive training, and it was determined that they wanted to receive training on in-bed body bath, and patient body bath caregiver training was planned and implemented. No application was made to the caregivers in the control group. SPSS 22 statistical program was used in the analysis of the data and the significance level was accepted as p\<0.05.

Conditions

Being Registered With Kelkit District State Hospital Home Health Unit; Being a Home Care Patient

Keywords

Caregivers; Health Education; Home Care; Home Nursing; Mental Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Home care training has an effect on anxiety and depression levels of caregivers.

  Beck Anxiety Inventory is a self-assessment scale. It is a Likert-type scale consisting of 21 items. According to the scale score ranges, 0-7 points indicate minimal anxiety, 8-15 points indicate mild anxiety, 16-25 points indicate moderate anxiety, and 26-63 points indicate severe anxiety. The Beck Depression Inventory was developed by Beck in 1961 to measure the risk of depression in adults, the level of depressive symptoms, and the change in severity. The scale consists of 21 items. It is a four-degree self-assessment scale. The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 63. The cut-off score was accepted as 17. According to the scale score ranges, 0-9 points indicate minimal depressive symptoms, 10-16 points indicate mild depressive symptoms, 17-29 points indicate moderate depressive symptoms, and 30 and above points indicate severe depressive symptoms.

  from registration to the end of the 12th week

• Home care training has an impact on hospital admissions of patients receiving home care services.

  It is aimed to reduce the frequency of patients' hospital admissions after home care training.

  from registration to the end of the 12th week

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Home care training has an impact on the frequency of home care patients applying to the home care unit.

  from registration to the end of the 12th week

Study Arms (2)

Experimental (n=21)

EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental (n=21)

Other: Education

control groups

NO INTERVENTION

control (n=21) groups

Interventions

Education OTHER

It was planned to provide bed bath training to inpatients because 90.5% of the caregivers of the patients in the experimental group wanted to receive bed bath training.

Experimental (n=21)

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Gümüşhane Universıty: lead
• Karadeniz Technical University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Gümüşhane University

Gümüşhane, Gümüşhane Province, 29600, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Links

• Beck Anxiety
• Beck Depression scales

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Education; Psychological Well-Being

Interventions

Educational Status

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Adherence Interventions; Medication Adherence; Patient Compliance; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior; Personal Satisfaction

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics

Study Officials

• Havva Karadeniz, Assist.Prof.PhD

  Gümüşhane Universıty

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 18, 2025
• First Posted: July 8, 2025
• Study Start: September 2, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 30, 2024
• Study Completion: April 25, 2025
• Last Updated: July 8, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: SAP, ICF, CSR
• Time Frame: September 2024- July 2025

Locations

TU (1)