Department of Computer Languages and Systems, Institute of New Imaging Technologies, University Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain.
Department of Developmental Educational and Social Psychology and Methodology, University Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain.
Aging Ment Health. 2024 Aug;28(8):1142-1152. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2024.2345809. Epub 2024 Apr 26.
This study aims to review the use of reminiscence interventions in the reduction of loneliness in older adults by categorising the interventions by type, and comparing their effectiveness and methodological quality.
This is a systematic review following PRISMA guidelines. The search was restricted to studies published in the Cochrane, CINAHL, Web of Science, Psycarticles, Psycinfo, and PubMed databases until December 2022. The inclusion criteria for the studies included in this review were: 1) reminiscence intervention 2) loneliness outcome measure 3) adults over 60 years old 4) experimental, pre-experimental, and quasi-experimental studies.
A total of twelve studies were eligible for inclusion. Only nine studies included a control group, and seven of those report significant effectiveness in reducing loneliness levels. The most popular type of intervention is simple reminiscence and life review, and in-group format. The interventions to date have been very heterogeneous, and the methodological quality of the existing literature is moderate to weak.
While reminiscence interventions hold some promise for reducing loneliness levels among older adults, future methodologically rigorous research is required, and standardised protocols need to be developed for application, with the specific aim of reducing levels of loneliness among older adults.
本研究旨在通过对干预措施进行分类，比较其类型，并比较其效果和方法学质量，综述怀旧干预在减少老年人孤独感中的应用。
这是一项遵循 PRISMA 指南的系统评价。该检索仅限于截至 2022 年 12 月在 Cochrane、CINAHL、Web of Science、Psycarticles、Psycinfo 和 PubMed 数据库中发表的研究。本综述纳入的研究标准包括：1）怀旧干预；2）孤独感测量；3）60 岁以上成年人；4）实验、前实验和准实验研究。
共有 12 项研究符合纳入标准。只有 9 项研究包括对照组，其中 7 项报告对降低孤独感水平有显著效果。最受欢迎的干预类型是简单怀旧和生活回顾，以及群体形式。迄今为止，干预措施非常多样化，现有文献的方法学质量为中等至较弱。
虽然怀旧干预在降低老年人孤独感水平方面有一定的前景，但需要进行更具方法学严谨性的研究，并需要制定标准化的方案进行应用，以特定目的是降低老年人的孤独感水平。
