Rajammal, K (2016) Effectiveness of reminiscence therapy on level of depression among elderly people in selected old age home Chennai. Masters thesis, Venkateswara Nursing College, Thalambur, Chennai.
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Abstract
To assess the effectiveness of reminiscence therapy on level of depression and satisfy among elderly people. Methodology: A pre- experimental one group pre and post-test. Design was chosen to assess the effectiveness of reminiscence therapy on level of depression by using Geriatric depression scale among 50 elderly people at selected old age home of Chennai. The samples were selected based on purposive sampling.Results: The analysis of the study findings revealed that the pre-test mean was 21.66 with a standard deviation of 5.02 and the post-test mean was 18.46 with a standard deviation of 2.12. The study infers that there was a statistically significant reduction in the level of depression among the elderly people after the administration of reminiscence therapy on depression to the elderly people.. Thus the research study clearly indicates that reminiscence therapy on depression was found to be effective in reducing the level of depression.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Depression; Elderly people; Reminiscence therapy; Effectiveness. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2017 06:00 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2017 02:59 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/2336 |
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