Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
Department of Behavioral Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
BMC Geriatr. 2024 Jun 19;24(1):530. doi: 10.1186/s12877-024-05133-8.
There is a need for healthcare providers to develop life-story review interventions to enhance the mental well-being and quality of life of older adults. The primary aim of this study is to examine the effects of telling their life stories and creating a life-story book intervention on QoL, depressive symptoms, and life satisfaction in a group of older adults in Oman.
A repeated-measures randomized controlled design was conducted in Oman. A total of 75 older adults (response rate = 40.1%) were randomly assigned to the intervention (n = 38) or control (n = 37) groups. Demographic data were collected as the baseline. Depression, life satisfaction, and quality of life scores were collected from each participant at weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8.
Their average age is 67.3 ± 5.5 years (range 60-82 years). There are more women (n = 50, 66.7%) than men. Over the 8 weeks, the intervention group exhibited a notable decrease in depression (intervention: 2.5 ± 1.2 vs. control: 5.3 ± 2.1, p < .001) but an increase in life satisfaction (24.6 ± 3.1 vs. 21.9 ± 6.1, p < .001) and quality of life (physical: 76.2 ± 12.7 vs. 53.6 ± 15.5, p < .001; psychological: 76.4 ± 12.1 vs. 59.9 ± 21.5, p < .001; Social relation: 78.3 ± 11.7 vs. 61.8 ± 16.6, p < .001; environment: 70.8 ± 10.2 vs. 58.6 ± 16.1, p < .001) compared to the control group.
The life-story review intervention proved effective in diminishing depression and boosting life satisfaction and quality of life among the older sample within the 8-week study. Healthcare providers can apply such interventions to improve older adults' mental health and well-being.
医疗保健提供者需要开发生活故事回顾干预措施，以提高老年人的心理健康和生活质量。本研究的主要目的是研究讲述自己的生活故事并创建生活故事书干预措施对阿曼一组老年人的生活质量、抑郁症状和生活满意度的影响。
在阿曼进行了一项重复测量随机对照设计。共有 75 名老年人（回应率为 40.1%）被随机分配到干预组（n=38）或对照组（n=37）。收集人口统计学数据作为基线。从第 1、2、3、4 和 8 周分别收集每位参与者的抑郁、生活满意度和生活质量评分。
他们的平均年龄为 67.3±5.5 岁（60-82 岁）。女性（n=50，66.7%）多于男性。在 8 周内，干预组的抑郁程度显著下降（干预组：2.5±1.2 vs. 对照组：5.3±2.1，p<.001），但生活满意度（24.6±3.1 vs. 21.9±6.1，p<.001）和生活质量（身体：76.2±12.7 vs. 53.6±15.5，p<.001；心理：76.4±12.1 vs. 59.9±21.5，p<.001；社会关系：78.3±11.7 vs. 61.8±16.6，p<.001；环境：70.8±10.2 vs. 58.6±16.1，p<.001）均有所增加，与对照组相比。
在 8 周的研究中，生活故事回顾干预措施被证明在减少老年人的抑郁、提高他们的生活满意度和生活质量方面是有效的。医疗保健提供者可以应用此类干预措施来改善老年人的心理健康和幸福感。
