집단회고요법이 재가노인의 우울에 미치는 효과

• Published in: 지역사회간호학회지 Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 29 - 37
• Main Authors: 정영(Young Chung), 백영주(Young Ju Baik)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국지역사회간호학회 1996
• Subjects: 우울; group reminiscence therapy; 생활만족; 집단회고요법; depression; Life satisfaction
• ISSN: 1225-9594; 2288-4203

The purpose of this study is to exmine the effects of reminiscence therapy on deprssion of the elderly residing at home. The subjects were sampled from the members of senior citizens' centres located in Kwangju City. Total number was 73, 38 for the control group and 35 for the experimental group. The study was carried out after a non-equivalent pretest-posttest design. Data were collected from 23 Jun. to 11 Nov. 1993. Reminiscence therapy was applied only to the experimental group. once a week for 6 weeks. Depression level was measured by the questionnaire before and after treatment given. The results were as follows: 1. Religion and family-attachment among socioeconomic charactiristics were significantly different with the level of depression. 2. Religion and pocket - money provider among socioeconomic charactiristics were significantly different with the level of life-satisfaction. 3. The relationship between depression and life -satisfaction was a significant negative correlation(r=-0.777, P=0.000). 4. The depression level of the experimental group was significantly decreased after the treatment as contrasted with that of control group(P=0.004). On the basis of this study it can be concluded that reminiscence therapy reduces depression level.