Assessment the effect of virtual self-care education on COVID-19 anxiety, among the community dwelling elderly

Determined the effect of virtual self-care education on COVID-19 anxiety, among the community dwelling elderly

This study is a randomized clinical trial with two groups of intervention and control, which are divided into two parallel groups of 61 people by block random allocation. This study is a blinded and phase 3 study that is performed on 122 elderly people.

The research environment is the community center covered by the municipality of District 6 of Tehran. After accessing the elderly and introducing the research objectives to them through WhatsApp messengers, the researcher sends the informed consent form and the study questionnaire for the research samples. The intervention includes training in physical, mental and social self-care related to Covid-19 in the form of podcasts and videocasts, which are recorded by the researcher in approximately 20 to 30 minutes and delivered to the participants within 6 weeks. The source of the files is the tutorials provided on the site (WHO) and (CDC).

Admission: Seniors 60 to 74 years old, with the ability to use a mobile phone, read, write, see and hear. Have an Internet access, ability to perform daily activities and satisfaction of participating in the study. Absence: Suffering from generalized anxiety disorder

For the experimental group, the intervention included training in physical, mental and social self-care related to Covid-19 in the form of podcasts and videocasts for 6 consecutive sessions. For the control group, no intervention will be performed and only pre-test and post-test will be taken by using research tools.

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Sampling is by block random sampling method and participants are divided into two groups of intervention and control. Given the sample size, n blocks of 4 are required for random block allocation. The intervention group will be displayed with A and the control group with B. Blocks of size 4 can be six modes 1-AABB 2-ABAB 3-ABBA 4- BBAA 5- BABA 6-BAAB. Then we roll the dice, for example 4 comes to BBAA, we roll the dice again, for example 5 comes to BABA, and so on, we repeat and roll the dice until all the samples are allocated. In order to hide the random allocation from the researcher, a dark envelope sample size is prepared and each of the random sequences created is recorded on a card and placed inside the envelope and finally the envelope lid is pasted. At the time of enrollment in the study, according to the order of entry of samples, one of the envelopes is opened in order and the group of the sample is specified.

Participants are randomly divided into control and intervention groups. Then the trainings are provided to the intervention group and every three weeks the participants in the control and intervention group are followed up through WhatsApp messenger. Therefore, participants are unaware of their position in the group and the type of intervention performed. Due to the use of dark envelopes and English letters for random assignment of participants, the researcher is unaware of the location of participants and a name is determined for each person based on computer coding, and the researcher follows people through this and during the call. Due to the coding of individuals, it is unaware of their random allocation. The outcome assessor and data analyst reviews and announces the results using data encoding.

Considering that the present study is an academic dissertation and a copy of it will be provided to Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Therefore, all data is potentially shareable after identifying individuals.

The time period for accessing the documents of this study is 3 months after the publication of the results.

The data and documents of this study will be available to researchers working in academic and scientific institutions.

All researchers working in scientific and academic centers, including professors, students of all medical, nursing and paramedical degrees, nurses working in hospitals and community health centers, physicians, psychologists and other paramedical disciplines, request permission to receive unidentified data of this study. The use of the documents of this study can be used for all the mentioned groups only by mentioning the source and without any interference in its texts.

Considering that a copy of the dissertation will be provided to the library of the School of Nursing and Midwifery of Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Therefore, clients can visit the library of this center in person at the address: Tohid Square, Dr. Mirkhani St. (Eastern Nusrat), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Phone number: +982166927171; Or visit the library site of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in absentia at http://lib.tums.ac.ir/ to benefit from the documents of this study.

If the client visit the library of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in person, he can read the research documents in the library by introducing himself to the librarian and presenting a valid ID card. It should be noted that the client will not be allowed to take the document out of the library and take a photo of it. If the client visit the library site of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in absentia, the client will enter a part of the study title in the search box and a summary of the present study will be displayed for him.