The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Education to Elderly Care Students on Ageism, Attitudes to Elderly, Empathy and Body Image
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Sponsor
- Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
- Enrollment
- 53
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Kogan Attitudes Toward Old People Scale
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
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.
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.
Investigators
Fatih Ozden
Principal Investigator
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
Eligibility Criteria
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
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.
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.
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.