The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Education to Elderly Care Students on Outcome Measures
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The aim of this study, to examine the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy education to elderly care students on ageism, attitudes towards the elderly, empathy and body image.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Detailed Description
Students in the control group will continue their normal education. The students in the intervention group will be given training on ageism, elderly attitude, empathy and body image in the cognitive therapy training, which will be given by a psychological counselor who is an expert in the field and will last for a total of 1 month in four modules.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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No Intervention: Control Group Data collection forms will be applied to the students in the control group first. They will then continue their normal education. |
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Experimental: Intervention Group Data collection forms will be applied to the students in the intervention group first. Afterwards, cognitive-behavioral therapy training will be implemented as four modules, lasting 1 month in total. |
Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on challenging and changing cognitive distortions and behaviors, improving emotional regulation and the development of personal coping strategies that target solving current problems.
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Kogan Attitudes Toward Old People Scale [Change from Baseline Kogan Score at 1 month]
The scale measures the attitudes of individuals towards the elderly. An increase in the total score indicates that the individual has a positive attitude towards the elderly. 34 is the lowest score, and 204 is the highest score obtained from the scale. A high score obtained from the scale indicates a positive attitude towards older people.
- The Cognitive Affective and Somatic Empathy Scales (CASES) for Children [Change from Baseline CASES Score at 1 month]
The scale was developed to evaluate the empathy levels of children and adolescents.The total score for thirty items ranges from 0 to 60, and it is thought that the higher the score, the higher the tendency to empathize.
- Ageism Attitude Scale [Change from Baseline Ageism Attitude Scale at 1 month]
It is a scale with three sub-dimensions: limiting the life of the elderly, positive discrimination and negative discrimination attitudes towards the elderly. A high score indicates a positive attitude. The highest possible score from the survey was 190 and the lowest was 38 according to this scoring scale.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Students who do not have hearing, speech and psychiatric problems that prevent communication
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Students who volunteered to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Students who do not want to be involved in the study
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Vocational School of Health Services | Muğla | Köyceğiz | Turkey | 48800 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Ramazan Dovan, BSc, Koycegiz District Directorate of Social Services
- Principal Investigator: İsmet Tümtürk, BSc, Ege University
Study Documents (Full-Text)
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Publications
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