The Effect of Conscious Awareness Development Psychoeducation Program Prepared for Caregivers
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Conscious Awareness Development Psychoeducation Program.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Mental Health Issue. Basic parameters: 18 years — 65 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
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Official title
The Effect of Conscious Awareness Development Psychoeducation Program Prepared for Caregivers on Conscious Awareness, Job Stress and Compassion Fatigue.
Overview
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.
Interventions
- Other Conscious Awareness Development Psychoeducation Program
The Conscious Awareness Development Psychoeducation Program consists of nine sessions. The sessions will be applied once a week and last 90 minutes. The psychoeducation program is prepared based on conscious awareness. Conscious awareness and self-compassion techniques will be used in the sessions. Homework will be given to the participants in each session.
Primary outcome measures
- The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale-MAAS [Time frame: Pre-test -Post-test (9 weeks) Follow-up ( 3 month after)]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- General Work Stress Scale [Time frame: Pre-test -Post-test (9 weeks) Follow-up ( 3 month after)]
- Compassion Fatigue Scale- Short Scale Form [Time frame: Pre-test -Post-test (9 weeks) Follow-up ( 3 month after)]
Eligibility criteria
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.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Faculty of Health Sciences Kafkas University — Kars
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06675773 · KAÜ-SBF-NK 01