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

August 27, 2022 updated by: Fatih Ozden, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Education to Elderly Care Students on Ageism, Attitudes to Elderly, Empathy and Body Image

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.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

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 Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

50

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
    • Köyceğiz
      • Muğla, Köyceğiz, Turkey, 48800
        • Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Vocational School of Health Services

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

16 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / 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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Kogan Attitudes Toward Old People Scale
Time Frame: 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.
Change from Baseline Kogan Score at 1 month
The Cognitive Affective and Somatic Empathy Scales (CASES) for Children
Time Frame: 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.
Change from Baseline CASES Score at 1 month
Ageism Attitude Scale
Time Frame: 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.
Change from Baseline Ageism Attitude Scale at 1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: İsmet Tümtürk, BSc, Ege University
  • Principal Investigator: Ramazan Dovan, BSc, Koycegiz District Directorate of Social Services

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 3, 2022

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 30, 2022

Study Completion (Anticipated)

May 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 8, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 31, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

February 9, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 30, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 27, 2022

Last Verified

August 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 210038

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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