Actively Recruiting
Providing Grandchild Care in Later Life
Led by Mersin University · Updated on 2026-04-21
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
8 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Grandchild care is a modern global phenomenon arising from increased life expectancy , and, correlated with the rest of the world, the Turkish Statistical Institute's report on aging states that the prevalence of grandchild caregiving in Türkiye is 9.7% . Therefore, the health impacts of grandchild caregiving on older adults are attracting increasing attention. Various studies have shown that grandchild caregiving has both potential benefits and burdens for older individuals. While caregiving can provide physical activity, purpose, and emotional rewards, it can also create stress, reduce autonomy, and limit social participation and self-care, which is a significant determinant of healthy aging. Frailty, a multidimensional geriatric syndrome, is associated with disability, hospitalization, and death and is potentially reversible if diagnosed early. Furthermore, depression is another significant geriatric syndrome in the elderly and is associated with mortality; although various studies have shown that grandchild caregiving reduces depressive symptoms, some have found no association between grandchild caregiving and depression. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between grandchild care and frailty, depression, and self-neglect in patients presenting to geriatrics outpatients
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Providing Grandchild Care in Later Life
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients who apply to the geriatrics outpatient clinic of Mersin University Faculty of Medicine
- Patients aged 60 and over
- Patients who had information about gender, marital status, medication and disease, who could answer the questions about activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living, and who could answer the relevant questionnaire questions within the scope of frailty (FRAIL) depression (Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) screenings; and whose height, weight, and measurements were available
- Patients who consented to participate in the study
You will not qualify if you...
- Patients under sixty years of age
- Patients who did not apply to the geriatrics outpatient clinic of Mersin University Faculty of Medicine
- Patients who did not have information about gender, marital status, medication and disease, who could not answer the questions about activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living, and who could not answer the relevant questionnaire questions within the scope of frailty (FRAIL) depression (geriatric depression scale (GDS)) screenings; patients whose height, weight, and measurements were not available
- Patients who did not consent to participate in the study
- Individuals who applied to the geriatrics outpatient clinic outside of the specified dates
- Advanced stage dementia
- Physically incapable of caring for grandchildren
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Mersin University
Mersin, Turkey, Turkey (Türkiye), 33343
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
M
Meris E Bozkurt, M.D.
CONTACT
D
Deniz S Guzelyuz, M.D.
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
2
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