Care Burden And Qualıty of Lıfe (Care Burden)

Effect Of Multıdımensıonal Traınıng Applıed to Caregıvers of Home Health Servıce Recıpıents Aged 65 And Over on Care Burden And Qualıty of Lıfe

This randomized controlled trial will be conducted to examine the effect of a multidimensional training program, to be implemented by a public health nurse, on the care burden and quality of life of primary caregivers of patients aged 65 and older.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Quality of Life; Caregiver Burden; Public Health
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Health Promotion Behavior Education

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 78
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Dilek Hassoy; Phone Number: +905054829071; Email: dihassoy09@gmail.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Safiye Özvurmaz, professor; Phone Number: +90 5374746531; Email: sozvurmaz@hotmail.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Be willing to participate in the study

• Be literate
• Have registered with a home health care unit
• Have been responsible for the care of a relative aged 65 or older for at least one month
• Score at least 21 on the Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale

Exclusion Criteria:

• • Having severe reading comprehension difficulties

  • Having severe hearing difficulties
  • Having been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or anxiety disorder)
  • Failing to complete the data collection instruments used in the study
  • Failing to attend at least two training sessions

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control group; The control group continued to receive the routine care
Experimental: Structured education; Caregivers in the intervention groups will undergo a four-session intervention program in addition to the routine care provided by other caregivers. The training, which is planned to last four weeks and includes activities aimed at reducing the impact of the caregiving role on caregivers, involves the delivery of a training program designed to improve caregivers' adaptation to their caregiving roles.	Behavioral: Health Promotion Behavior Education; Personal hygiene, hand hygiene, Musculoskeletal system, body mechanics, relaxation exercises, the importance of physical activity, Proper and healthy nutrition, foods to increase and decrease consumption of, food safety and hygiene, Sleep health, sleep hygiene, the importance of sleep in human life, sleep quality, sleep duration, and factors affecting sleep, Early detection methods, adult immunization, rational use of medications, Safe environment and home accidents.; Other Names: Social health dimension; Physical health; Psychological health dimension; Emotional health dimension

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Before intervention caregiving burden	The Caregiver Burden Scale will be used to assess the stress experienced by caregivers. It consists of 22 statements that evaluate the impact of caregiving on the caregiver's life and uses a Likert-type scale. The scale's highest score is 88, and the lowest is 0. Higher scores are associated with an increased caregiving burden.	Before intervention
After intervention caregiving burden	The Caregiver Burden Scale will be used to assess the stress experienced by caregivers. It consists of 22 statements that assess the impact of caregiving on the caregiver's life and uses a Likert-type scale. The maximum score on the scale is 88, and the minimum is 0. Higher scores are associated with increased caregiving burden.	1 week after intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Before intervention	Pre-Intervention Life Satisfaction This scale was developed to assess how an individual perceives their quality of life. The scale was created by condensing the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment scale to 26 questions. During the validity studies of the Turkish version, a national question was added, bringing the total number of questions to 27, and the Turkish version was finalized. Comprising closed-ended questions, the scale consists of the following subdimensions: general health, physical, social, environmental, and psychological. The minimum score that can be obtained from the scale is 0, and the maximum score is 100. An increase in the score indicates an improvement in quality of life.	Before intervention
After intervention	Post-Intervention Life Satisfaction This scale was developed to assess how an individual perceives their quality of life. The scale was created by condensing the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment scale to 26 questions. During the validity studies of the Turkish version, a national question was added, bringing the total number of questions to 27, and the Turkish version was finalized. Comprising closed-ended questions, the scale consists of the following subdimensions: general health, physical, social, environmental, and psychological. The minimum score that can be obtained from the scale is 0, and the maximum score is 100. An increase in the score indicates an improvement in quality of life.	1 week after intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Aydin Adnan Menderes University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): July 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 8, 2026
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 24, 2026
• First Posted (Actual): June 26, 2026

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 26, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 24, 2026
• Last Verified: June 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Stress, Psychological; Behavior; Caregiver Burden
• Other Study ID Numbers: 10.01.2024-1389-1409; HF-24005 (Other Grant/Funding Number: Aydın Adnan Menderes University)

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