The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Education to Elderly Care Students on Outcome Measures

Sponsor
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University (Other)
Overall Status
Recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT05232448
Collaborator
(none)
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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
  • Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
N/A

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

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
50 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Intervention Model Description:
Randomized Controlled TrialRandomized Controlled Trial
Masking:
Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description:
Assesors are blinded to randomization
Primary Purpose:
Health Services Research
Official Title:
The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Education to Elderly Care Students on Ageism, Attitudes to Elderly, Empathy and Body Image
Actual Study Start Date :
Jan 3, 2022
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Apr 1, 2022
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
May 31, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
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.

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.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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

Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes
Inclusion Criteria:
  • Students who do not have hearing, speech and psychiatric problems that prevent communication

  • 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
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)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Fatih Ozden, Principal Investigator, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT05232448
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 210038
First Posted:
Feb 9, 2022
Last Update Posted:
Feb 9, 2022
Last Verified:
Jan 1, 2022
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
No
Plan to Share IPD:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No
Keywords provided by Fatih Ozden, Principal Investigator, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Feb 9, 2022