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The Effect of Gardening Activities on Anxiety and Psychosocial Symptoms of Hospitalized Children
Sponsor: Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
Summary
The experience of hospitalization in childhood can often lead to traumatic consequences. Various practices (play, art therapy, music therapy, etc.) are used to help children cope with this process. In recent years, attention has been drawn to nature-based approaches in addition to existing practices. Within the scope of this approach, this study was planned in a parallel group (experimental-control) randomized controlled experimental design to determine the effect of garden activities on anxiety levels and psychosocial symptoms of hospitalized children aged 6-12 years. Hypotheses of the study H1: The gardening activities program applied to hospitalized children; H1a: There is an effect on children's anxiety. H1b: There is an effect on psychosocial symptoms of children. In this direction, the population of the study will consist of children between the ages of 6-12 in the children's ward of University Research and Application Hospital. The sample size determined as a result of G\*power analysis was found as control (18) and intervention (18). The research will be conducted between September 2024 and June 2025. 'Child Descriptive Information Form', "Child Follow-up Form", "Child Anxiety Scale-Conditioning" and "Psychosocial Symptoms Diagnostic Scale for Hospitalized Children" will be used for data collection. The data collection process consists of three stages: pre-intervention period, intervention period and post-intervention period. Children in the intervention group will have three sessions of gardening activities within the scope of the 'Gardening Activities Program' during their hospitalization. Children in the control group will receive services within the scope of the routine treatment and nursing care protocol of the clinic during hospitalization.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
6 Years - 12 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
36
Start Date
2024-12
Completion Date
2025-09
Last Updated
2024-10-24
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Garden Activities Program
When we look at the studies evaluating the effect of gardening activities on hospitalized children; it is seen that mostly children's opinions about therapeutic gardens are included and studies involving active gardening activities are limited. Shao et al. (2020) gave hospitalized children a task about garden plants and made them full this task through active participation and mobile games. However, it is seen that the gardening activity applied in this study was limited to a 5-minute task. The most important difference of our study from these studies is that a standardized gardening activity program will be applied to hospitalized children during their hospitalization and the active participation of the child will be ensured.
Clinical routine treatment and nursing care protocol
Within the scope of the clinic routine treatment and nursing protocol; the decision to hospitalize the child, orientation to the clinic, execution of hospitalization paperwork, room placement, invasive intervention and treatment procedures are carried out. Treatment and care hours are revised according to individual order characteristics; 08.00-20.00, 08.00-16.00-00.00, 06.00-12.00-18.00-00.00 are planned considering the time order. 13.00-15.00 are the visiting hours. The child is not allowed to leave the clinic except for any medical purpose. No intervention will be applied to the control group of this study until the discharge process takes place.
Locations (1)
Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
Tokat Province, Turkey (Türkiye)