جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "reminiscence therapy" در نشریات گروه "پزشکی"

Considering the problems, multiple diseases, disabilities, and the increased likelihood of suicidal ideation aroused by mental disorders among the elderly, the present study aimed to study the effects of reminiscence on depression in elderly people with suicidal ideation living in a nursing home.

This is a clinical trial study. Considering the inclusion criteria, 30 elderly persons were selected regarding the inclusion criteria and then assigned to two intervention (n = 15) and control (n = 15) groups using the simple random method. An educational program on reminiscence protocol was held in eight sessions. The participants were asked to complete the suicidal ideation, depression, and mental status questionnaires before, immediately after, and one month after the intervention. chi-squared, Mann-Whitney, and Friedman tests were used to analyze the data with SPSS software version 25.

The experimental and control groups were homogenous in terms of marital status, age, gender, psychological status, suicidal ideation, and level of education (P > 0.05). Comparison of the mean scores of depression showed a significant difference between the experimental and control groups immediately after (P = 0.037) and one month after the intervention (P = 0.030). However, before the intervention, no significant difference was observed between the two groups (P = 0.899)

According to the findings of this study, reminiscence as a nursing intervention can improve depression in the elderly with suicidal ideation. Accordingly, holding group reminiscing sessions in places such as nursing homes can be effective in reducing depression symptoms and preventing suicidal ideation in the elderly.

Insomnia is one of the common sleep disorders in the elderly. Lack of adequate sleep has many consequences, such as fatigue, frustration and increased rate of mortality among them. The study was carried out to determine the effect of group reminiscence therapy on insomnia in older adults.

This randomized controlled clinical trial was done on 72 older adults who referred to Sadoughi health care center in Kashan, Iran between August and November 2018.The subjects were recruited through convenience sampling and randomly allocated into two control and intervention groups. The reminiscence therapy was held twice a week, in a 4-week period for intervention group and the duration of each session varied between 1.5-2 hours. There was no intervention in control group. Data were collected using Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). Data was gathered three times; before intervention, immediately and one month after the intervention. Data were analyzed using Chi-Square, and Man-Whitney tests and repeated measures analysis in SPSS (v. 16.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).

The mean score of insomnia decreased in intervention group after group reminiscence therapy (p<0.001); from 16±1.74 (before the intervention) to 11.27±2.09 (immediately after the intervention) and 11.38±1.93 (one month after the intervention), while the insomnia score had not noticeable change in control group. The intervention group showed significantly less insomnia scores over the time compared to control group (p < 0.05).

Reminiscence therapy decreases the severity of insomnia in older adults.Therefore, it can be used as an easy, applicable and low-cost technique in health care facilities and is expected to be welcomed by older adults, their families and health care providers. 

Death anxiety is one of the concerns of the elderly population in the late stages of life. In this context, recalling memories is one of the favorite characteristics of these people that can affect different aspects of their mental and social health.

This study aimed to determine the effect of reminiscence therapy on the death anxiety of men retried from the Islamic Republic of Iran Army living in Zahedan.

A quasi-experimental study was performed on 90 retired men over 60 years of age. The subjects were recruited through convenience sampling at the Army Retirement Center in Zahedan in winter 2019. The participants were randomly divided into the intervention (n = 45) and control (n = 45) groups. In the intervention group, reminiscence therapy was carried out based on major life events twice a week for six sessions. Data were gathered again two months after the intervention. The control group did not take part in any program. Data collection tools included a demographic form and the Death Anxiety scale (Templer, 1970). The results were analyzed by SPSS-21 using descriptive and inferential statistics. The P values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.

The mean scores of death anxiety were 25.37 ± 1.89 and 25.17 ± 1.61 in the intervention and control groups, respectively. After the experiment, this score was 9.09 ± 1.79 in the intervention group and 25.04 ± 1.62 in the control group. Thus, while reminiscence therapy significantly relieved death anxiety in the intervention group (P < 0.0001), the control group showed no significant difference in this respect at the end of the study (P = 0.63).

Group reminiscence therapy can reduce the death anxiety of older adults. Since the elderly are fond of expressing their memories, and such storytelling is an attractive, simple, and inexpensive intervention, it could be used to help these people mitigate their death anxiety.