The effect of yoga therapy techniques on resilience and death anxiety of elderly women

The prevalence of psychological problems in elderly women is high, and interventions are needed to solve these problems. This research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of yoga therapy techniques on resilience and death anxiety of elderly women in Shahrbabak city.

The research method was semi-experimental and pre-test, post-test with a control group. The statistical population included all the elderly women of Shahrbabak city in 1402, 30 elderly women (15 people of the experimental group and 15 people of the control group) were selected by the available sampling method. Data collection tools were Connor and Davidson's (2003) resilience questionnaires and Templer's (1970) death anxiety questionnaire. The intervention of yoga therapy techniques was performed on the experimental group and the control group did not receive any intervention. Data analysis was done with descriptive tests (mean and standard deviation) and covariance analysis using SPSS version 25 software. P level less than 0.05 was considered significant.

in the resilience variable, the mean and standard deviation of the experimental group in the pre-test was 56.55±5.74 and in the post-test it was 67.82±6.12 and in the death anxiety variable, the mean and standard deviation of the experimental group in the pre-test 11.87±3.04 test and 7.15±2.12 in the post-test. The results of covariance analysis also showed that yoga therapy techniques had an effect on endurance and death anxiety of elderly women (P<0.01).

Based on the research findings, yoga therapy techniques can be used to reduce the mental problems of elderly women.