Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, Aksaray University, 68100, Aksaray, Turkey.
Aksaray Ahmet Lütfi Efendi Family Health Centre, 68100, Aksaray, Turkey.
Complement Ther Med. 2018 Dec;41:124-129. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2018.09.018. Epub 2018 Sep 21.
The changes and limitations that occur in the aging process effect people's adaptation to old age. This study aimed to assess the effect of reminiscence therapy on the adaptation levels of non-institutionalized elderly women to old age.
We used a randomized controlled trial design. We conducted the study with 50 elderly women, including 27 women in the intervention group and 23 women in the control group. Study data were recollected by using an introductory information form, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Assessment Scale of Adaptation Difficulty for the Elderly (ASADE). Reminiscence therapy was applied to the participants in the intervention group through individual sessions for 8 weeks by making house visits once a week.
At the end of reminiscence therapy made through weekly house visits, we compared the mean ASADE and MMSE scores of intervention and control groups and found that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean ASADE and MMSE scores of the participants in the intervention group (p < 0.05).
This study found that reminiscence therapy increased the elderly women's adaptation to old age and cognitive level.
衰老过程中发生的变化和限制会影响人们适应老年生活。本研究旨在评估怀旧疗法对非机构化老年女性适应老年生活水平的影响。
我们采用随机对照试验设计。我们对 50 名老年女性进行了研究，其中干预组 27 人，对照组 23 人。研究数据通过个人访谈收集，每周家访一次，共 8 周。采用入门信息表、简易精神状态检查表（MMSE）和老年人适应困难评估量表（ASADE）进行收集。
通过每周家访进行怀旧疗法后，我们比较了干预组和对照组的 ASADE 和 MMSE 评分均值，发现干预组参与者的 ASADE 和 MMSE 评分均值之间存在统计学显著差异（p < 0.05）。
本研究发现怀旧疗法提高了老年女性对老年生活的适应能力和认知水平。
