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The Effect of Horticultural Therapy on Loneliness and Life Satisfaction in Elderly Adults Living in Nursing Home

NCT06311825 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2026-02-18

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Summary

Loneliness in elderly individuals increases with age and negatively affects individuals by decreasing life satisfaction. In recent years, horticultural therapy is a type of therapy that has developed and is added routine care of elderly individuals living in nursing homes. Social interaction, life satisfaction, feelings of success and responsibility and increase while loneliness and depression levels decrease through human-nature interaction in horticultural therapy.

In our country, no study has been found on the effects of horticultural therapy on physical or mental health in elderly individuals. This research will be conducted as a randomized control group study to examine the effects of horticultural therapy on loneliness and life satisfaction in elderly individuals living in nursing homes.

Conditions

  • Horticultural Therapy
  • Loneliness
  • Satisfaction, Personal
  • Aging

Interventions

OTHER

Horticultural Therapy

One week before horticultural therapy (HT) interventions, face-to-face interviews will be held with the individuals in the experimental group and the forms will be filled in as a pretest. HT will be applied to the experimental group. The application period was determined as a total of 6 weeks with 50-minute sessions twice a week. Before starting the HT sessions, area preparations will be made and a safe therapeutic garden will be established. Medicinal and aromatic plants will be selected that can grow in Turkey, are not harmful to human health, are fragrant and colorful in order to stimulate the senses, and according to air temperature and physical conditions. HT sessions will consist of gardening activities (group meeting, introduction of plants and cultivation). After HT interventions, the forms will be filled as a post test. The forms will be filled again 4 weeks after the end of the interventions for follow-up.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hülya Bilgin, PhD · Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

  • Sima Pouya, PhD · Malatya Inonu University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-04-01
Primary Completion
2024-07-31
Completion
2024-10-31

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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