The Effect of Conscious Awareness Development Psychoeducation Program Prepared for Caregivers on Conscious Awareness, Job Stress and Compassion Fatigue.
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Sponsor
- Kafkas University
- Enrollment
- 40
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale-MAAS
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study aimed to increase the conscious awareness of caregivers and reduce work stress and compassion fatigue.
Detailed Description
This study was planned in an experimental design with pre-test post-test follow-up measurements, experimental and control groups. The universe of the study consisted of care personnel working in institutions affiliated to the Provincial Directorate of Family, Labor and Social Services located in a city center in the east of Turkey. The sample calculation was made using the G-Power program (Experiment 14, Control 14). Since there may be omissions, the experimental group was determined as 20 participants and the control group as 20 participants. In this study, a nine-session training program will be applied to the experimental group. No application will be made to the control group. The conscious awareness development psychoeducation program will be applied once a week and for 90 minutes. Each session will be conducted in line with certain objectives. The sessions will be conducted by the investigator. Ethics committee approval was obtained before starting the study. Institutional permissions and written informed consent will be obtained for the participants. Informed consent will include information about the research and information that will ensure confidentiality.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Single (Investigator)
Masking Description
The training will be conducted by the investigator. The experimental and control groups will be assigned by a statistics expert other than the investigators.
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Being over 18 years of age,
- •Being actively working as a care worker in relevant institutions.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Having received similar training before
- •Having been diagnosed with a mental illness
- •Wanting to leave the study at any stage.
- •Not having attended more than two sessions.
Arms & Interventions
Experimental Group
The Conscious Awareness Development Psychoeducation Program will be applied to the experimental group. Conscious awareness and self-compassion techniques will be used in the psychoeducation program sessions. Homework will be given to the participants in each session. The psychoeducation program is prepared based on conscious awareness.
Intervention: Conscious Awareness Development Psychoeducation Program (Other)
Control Group
No application will be made to the Control Group.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale-MAAS
Time Frame: Pre-test -Post-test (9 weeks) Follow-up ( 3 month after)
Originally named The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale-MAAS, it measures the attention and present time awareness of an individual in their daily lives. It consists of 15 items and a single sub-dimension. The scale is in the form of a 6-point Likert and is evaluated as a single total score. Individuals who score high on the scale show that their conscious awareness levels are high (Brown and Rayn 2003, Özyeşil et al. 2011)
Secondary Outcomes
- General Work Stress Scale(Pre-test -Post-test (9 weeks) Follow-up ( 3 month after))
- Compassion Fatigue Scale- Short Scale Form(Pre-test -Post-test (9 weeks) Follow-up ( 3 month after))
Investigators
Nilüfer KIRANŞAL
Lecturer
Kafkas University