The Effect of Reminiscence Therapy in Elderly
ConditionAge-related Cognitive Decline
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65-100
SponsorMuş Alparslan University
About this trial
In this study titled "Psychological Well-Being and Awareness in the Elderly: The Effect of Reminiscence Therapy", patients will be randomly divided into two groups as experimental and control groups. No intervention will be made to the patients in the control group. Reminiscence therapy will be applied to the patients in the experimental group. Participants will be asked to fill out the scale forms after accepting to participate in the study and obtaining their consent. In addition, after the reminiscence therapy is completed, the experimental and control groups will be asked to fill out the post-test forms.
The following questions will be answered in the study;
* Does reminiscence therapy affect the psychological well-being levels of the elderly? * Does reminiscence therapy affect the awareness levels of the elderly?
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Being over 65 years old
not having any serious psychiatric disorders
not having any diseases such as dementia etc.
Disqualifiers
Having a serious psychiatric disorder
Not being able to attend sessions during the research process
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Reminiscence therapy
Other interventionReminiscence Therapy can be applied as 1 or 2 sessions per week and the longest is 1.5 hours, so it will be applied for 5 weeks, 3 days a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) with 2 sessions per day. Each session is planned to last an average of 1.5 hours according to the answers from the elderly. The elderly individuals in the experimental group will be divided into 3 groups. Each group will consist of 15 people. The sessions will include, respectively, getting to know each other, childhood, places lived, holidays-festivals, foods-cooking, unforgettable historical periods, favorite music, movies specific to the period, family life-values in life-achievements, evaluation and closing topics.
Treatment groups
90 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Experimental GroupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Control GroupNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Psychological well-being Scale
scale score average, It is a single-factor scale consisting of 8 items on a 7-point Likert type. Scores range from 8 to 56. A high score obtained from the scale indicates that the person has many psychological resources and strengths.
Time frame
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov