Hemavathy, J (2014) An Effectiveness of Need-Based Intervention on Level of Depression, Family Support, Quality of Life among elderly clients with depression in selected Rural Population.(video). Masters thesis, Omayal Achi College of Nursing, Chennai.
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION : Ageing is a universal process and it affects every individual, family, community and society. It is a normal, progressive and irreversible process. Ageing is generally defined as a process of decline in the functional capacity of an individual that results from structural changes, with advancement of age. It should be seen in the perspective not merely a matter of accumulating years but also a process of "adding life to years, not years to life", following the World Health Day theme in 2012 “Good health adds life to years”. The old age experiences many life stressors that can affect the level of depression such as loneliness, unemployment, poor financial support, chronic health problems, poor health status and poor functional capacity. A major component of the burden of illness for the elderly derives from prevalent chronic disabling conditions that often accompany ageing. This can be prevented or delayed, not only by medical but also by social, economic and environmental interventions. AIM : To assess the effectiveness of Need-based intervention on the level of depression, Family support, Activities of Daily Living, Quality of life among elderly clients with depression in a selected rural population. OBJECTIVES : The objectives of the study were: 1. To assess the pre and post test level of depression with associated factors Family support, Activities of daily living, Quality of life among elderly clients with depression in experimental and control group. 2. To assess the effectiveness of Need- based intervention on level of depression with associated factors Family support, Activities of daily living, Quality of life among elderly clients with depression within and between experimental and control group. 3. To correlate between the level of depression with associated factors Family support, Activities of daily living, Quality of life among elderly clients with depression in the experimental group. 4. To associate the mean difference score on the level of depression with associated factors Family support, Activities of daily living, Quality of life of elderly clients with depression with their selected demographic variables in experimental group. METHODOLOGY : The research design for the proposed research adopted for the present study was experimental design. The experimental group (intervention group) was compared with a control group of Depression on the same base line .The control group was exposed to the routine care intervention and namely the outcome variable was exposed to Need- based intervention by using randomization among the mild, moderate and severe depression. The severe cases were referred to Psychiatrist. RESULT : The findings of the study revealed that the overall the post test mean score of level of depression was 9.28 and11.56 with standard deviation of2.06 and 1.40. The calculated ‘t’ value was t=11.58 which showed a high statistical significance at p<0.001 between experimental and control group respectively, Family Support was 54.18 and 28.04 with standard deviation of 17.11and 8.60. The calculated ‘t’ value was t= 17.62 which showed a high statistical significance at p<0.001 between experimental and control group respectively, Activities of Daily Living was 4.41and 1.91 with standard deviation of 1.56.and 0.63. The calculated ‘t’ value was t=18.80 which showed a high statistical significance at p<0.001 between experimental and control group respectively, Quality of Life was 51.09 and 36.30 with standard deviation of 4.54 and 6.15. The calculated ‘t’ value was t=24.47which showed a high statistical significance at p<0.001 between experimental and control group respectively. Hence the study concluded that the effectiveness of Need-based intervention had significant improvement in Family support, Activities of daily living and Quality of life score of elderly clients in the experimental group. CONCLUSION : Old age experience many life stressors that can affect the level of depression such as loneliness, unemployment, poor financial support, chronic health problems, poor health status and poor functional capacity. Elderly persons with depression are more likely to experience poor Family support, lesser functioning on Activities of daily living, and poorer Quality of life than normal people. The findings of the study revealed that elderly are vulnerable and prone to depression. The major focus is on the Need-based intervention in the reduction of level of depression with improvement in Family support, Activities of daily living, Quality of life score of elderly clients in the experimental group and was found effective. Hence, Need-based intervention can be used as an interventional tool to reduce the level of depression and it also improves the Family support, Activities of daily living, Quality of life among elderly. The findings of the study will be incorporated in the Wellness Clinic Program of Omayal Achi Community Centre which not only addresses the physical health of the elderly, but also the mental health.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Effectiveness ; Need-Based Intervention ; Level of Depression ; Family Support ; Quality of Life ; elderly clients ; depression ; selected Rural Population. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Aug 2017 11:02 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Aug 2017 11:03 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/2711 |
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