Selvarani, p (2011) A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Reminiscence Therapy on Depression among the Elderly Residing in Selected Old Age Home at Madurai. Masters thesis, College of Nursing, Madurai Medical College, Madurai.
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Abstract
A study to assess the effectiveness of reminiscence therapy on depression among the elderly residing in a selected old age home at Madurai was conducted by Mrs. P.Selvarani in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Nursing at college of nursing Madurai medical college, Dr. M.G.R. medical university, Chennai during the year 2011. The Objectives of the study were: 1. To assess the level of depression among the elders residing in a selected old age home before and after reminiscence therapy. 2. To evaluate the effect of reminiscence therapy on depression among the elders residing in a selected old age home at Madurai. 3. To associate the effectiveness of reminiscence therapy on depression with selected demographic variables. The conceptual framework was developed based on the widenbachs human art of nursing theory. Content validity for the tool was obtained from nursing experts. The reliability of the tool is 0.94 for depression. One group pre test and post test design and convenient sampling was used. After the pilot study the data was collected from the elderly residing in selected old age home at Madurai. The data collected from subjects were analyzed using descriptive (mean, standard deviation) and inferential (paired ‘t’ test and chi square test) statistical method. The study showed that (36.67%) of the respondents experienced mild depression and (63.33%) of them had moderate depression in the pre test, and (70%) of them experienced mild depression and (30%) of them experienced moderate depression in the post test. The “t” value shows that there is a significant association between the level depression and reminiscence therapy. The study concluded that majority of the subjects developed significant respond to reminiscence therapy.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Effectiveness, Reminiscence Therapy, Depression, Elderly Selected Old Age Home, Madurai. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2020 16:48 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2020 16:48 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/12758 |
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