The Quality of Life, Perceived Stress and Coping Ways of Caregivers of Mentally Handicapped Individuals
Intellectual Disability
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Intellectual Disability focused on measuring caregivers, model-based education, progressive relaxation exercises, quality of life, stress, mobile health, Intellectual Disability
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Having a child receiving education in a rehabilitation center in the province of Kars,
- Being a caregiver between the ages of 18-65,
- The individual he cared for should not have any disability other than mental disability
- Volunteering to participate in research,
- To be literate, to follow mobile application instructions,
- To have the knowledge to use the mobile application independently or to have another individual in the family who can help in this regard
Exclusion Criteria:
- Having a disability other than mental disability of the individual he cared for,
- Individuals with cognitive and physical dysfunction that will prevent interview or test application,
- Not wanting to participate in research.
Sites / Locations
- Kafkas University-Ataturk Health Services Vocational SchoolRecruiting
- Sakarya University Health Faculty of Health SciencesRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Other
1. experimental group: face to face education+PMR exercise
2. experimental group: mobile health education + PMR exercise
3rd experimental group: face to face and mobile health education + PMR exercise
Control group
The education and PMR exercises prepared in line with the face-to-face Roy adaptation model will be applied. In groups of 8-10 people, the first 4 sessions in rehabilitation centers will last for the first 4 sessions, and then PMR exercises will be taught and applied (between the 2nd and the 5th weeks, they will be encouraged to do PGE twice at home). The next 4 weeks will be provided with PMR consultancy (3 times a week application / total 24 sessions of PMR application). PMR exercises will be given a follow-up schedule and the caregivers will be followed up by the caregivers themselves and the researchers.
Access to mobile applications will be provided for 8 weeks, including the Roy adaptation model-based training and PMR exercises, which include video and training presentations prepared by the consultant and researcher, as a power point presentation. PMR exercises will be uploaded to the system by uploading a follow-up schedule to the system, and it will be ensured that the person can follow himself / herself at least 3 times a week (24 sessions in total) and the researchers can follow the participants.
4 sessions prepared in line with the Roy adaptation model face to face and held in rehabilitation centers, training in groups of 8-10 people, teaching PMR exercises and installing phone applications that can be accessed for 8 weeks), 8-week intervention including training (enabling them to do progressive relaxation exercises and access to training content) will be provided. . The PMR exercises will be uploaded to the system / given as a printout according to the caregiver's preference, and it will be ensured that the person can follow himself / herself at least 3 times a week (24 sessions in total) and the researchers watch the participant.
Without applying any intervention, the post-test YBYKA, ASÖ and SBÇYA scales will be applied in the 10th week of the study. After all the tests for the study are measured and finished, they will be provided with training and relaxation exercises.