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Providing Grandchild Care in Later Life

Turkey (Türkiye)138 participantsStarted 2026-03-30

Plain-language summary

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

Who can participate

Age range60 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * 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 Exclusion Criteria: * 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

What they're measuring

Providing Grandchild Care in Later Life: Correlations with Frailty, Depression, and Self-Neglect in Geriatric Outpatients"

Timeframe: 3 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07501260

SponsorMersin University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2026-04-16

Contact for this trial

Meris E Bozkurt, M.D.

+905375114809 meris.bozkurt@mersin.edu.tr