Sindhumathi, R (2012) Effectiveness of validation therapy upon the level of cognition of old age people. Masters thesis, Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai.
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Abstract
SYNOPSIS A Quasi Experimental Study was conducted to Assess the Effectiveness of Validation Therapy upon the Level of Cognition of Old Age People at selected Old Age Homes, Chennai. The objectives of the study 1. To assess the level of cognition in control and experimental group of old age people before and after the validation therapy. 2. To assess the effectiveness of validation therapy by comparing the level of cognition in control and experimental group of old age people before and after validation therapy. 3. To determine the level of satisfaction in experimental group of old age people regarding administration of validation therapy. 4. To find out the association between the selected demographic, clinical variables and the level of cognition before and after validation therapy in control group of old age people. 5. To find out the association between the selected demographic, clinical variables and the level of cognition before and after validation therapy in experimental group of old age people. The conceptual framework was made based on Dunn’s high level wellness model. The variables of the study were validation therapy and cognition. Null hypothesis was formulated. The level of significance selected was p<0.05. An extensive review of literature was made based on the opinions of the experts. An experimental study of pre-test and post-test design was used. The study included 60 old age people who were selected by purposive sampling30 were in the Experimental group and 30 were in the Control group. The study was conducted at Sree Seva Mandhir old age home, Chennai. Demographic variable proforma, Clinical variable proforma, Mini- Mental Status Examination and Rating scale on level of satisfaction of validation therapy were the various tools used by the researcher. The validity was obtained from various experts and reliability was obtained through inter rater evaluation and found to be highly reliable. The main study was conducted after the pilot study. The level of cognition was assessed for the experimental and control group of old age people. The validation therapy was provided for 1 hour for the experimental group. Then the levels of cognition were assessed again for both the groups. The level of satisfaction on validation therapy was assessed among the experimental group of old age people. The data obtained were analysed using Descriptive and Inferential statistics.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Validation Therapy; Level of Cognition; Old Age People |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2017 07:34 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Dec 2017 07:34 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/4368 |
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