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Not yet recruitingNCT07504874Updated Apr 8, 2026

The Effect of Gardening Activities on the Quality of Life of Students With Mild Intellectual Disability

An interventional study of Horticultural activity in Intellectual Disability and Quality of Life, sponsored by Ordu University. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 11 Years to 14 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-08.

Sponsored by Ordu University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jul 2026, 4 months ago, but the record still lists the study as not yet recruiting.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
11 Years to 14 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study will be conducted to determine the effect of gardening activities applied to mildly intellectually disabled secondary school students on their quality of life and to examine their views on these activities in depth.

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Conditions studied

  • Intellectual Disability
  • Quality of Life

Keywords

  • Intellectual disability
  • Gardening activities
  • Quality of life
  • Nursing
  • Mixed method
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In context

Intellectual Disability

387 studies on the registry are indexed under Intellectual Disability; 105 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 30 is below the median of 58 across 248 interventional studies indexed under Intellectual Disability.

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Lead sponsor

Ordu University is the lead sponsor of 32 studies on the registry; 12 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
11 Years to 14 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Students studying at a special education secondary school,
  • Who are open to communication and collaboration,
  • Who have no physical or mental disabilities that would prevent them from participating in gardening activities,
  • And whose parents have provided written for their participation will be included in the research.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Students who do not attend the educational program regularly will be excluded from the research.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Gardening Activity Group

    Horticultural activity group

    Behavioral: Horticultural activity

Interventions

  • BehavioralHorticultural activity

    Students will participate in structured gardening activities once a week for 8 weeks, approximately 40 minutes per session, under supervision in a school greenhouse.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. KINDL Quality of Life Scale - Parent Form

    The KINDL Quality of Life Scale - Parent Form was developed by Ravens-Sieberer and Bullinger (1998). The Turkish validity and reliability study of the "Kid-KINDL Quality of Life Scale" was conducted by Eser et al. (2008), and the Turkish validity and reliability of the Parent Form for children aged 8-16 years was established by Baydur et al. (2007). The Parent Form measures the quality of life of children and adolescents. The scale consists of 24 items and 6 subscales and is rated on a 5-point Likert scale. The six subscales are physical well-being, emotional well-being, self-esteem, family, friends, and school. Each subscale includes 4 items. Subscale scores are calculated separately, and the total quality of life score is obtained by summing all subscale scores. Items 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 20, and 24 are reverse-coded. Scores are calculated by summing item responses and transforming them to a scale ranging from 0 to 100. Higher scores indicate better quality of life.

    Time frame: Day 0- Mounth 2

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 8, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07504874
Lead sponsor
Ordu University
Collaborators
Scientific Researches Project Coordination Department of Ordu University
Responsible party
MERAL ÇETİN (Principal Investigator, Ordu University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Apr 1, 2026
Start date
May 1, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Jul 1, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 1, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 8, 2026

Study contacts

MERAL ÇETİN
Contact
maral.ahmt@gmail.com
+905317759514
HACER GÖK UĞUR
Contact
hacer32@gmail.com
+90 452 226 52 00 ext. 6410

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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