Spiritual reminiscence therapy– is it effective for older people?

Introduction: Reminiscence therapy (RT) provides various benefits to older people but numerous studies on the effectiveness of RT have yielded inconclusive results. The integration of a spiritual element in RT which is known as spiritual reminiscence therapy (SRT) may increase the effectiveness of R...

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Main Authors:	Syed Elias, Sharifah Munirah, Neville, Christine, Scott, Theresa
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	RT Nursing
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spelling	iium-530362016-12-14T02:34:35Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/53036/ Spiritual reminiscence therapy– is it effective for older people? Syed Elias, Sharifah Munirah Neville, Christine Scott, Theresa RT Nursing Introduction: Reminiscence therapy (RT) provides various benefits to older people but numerous studies on the effectiveness of RT have yielded inconclusive results. The integration of a spiritual element in RT which is known as spiritual reminiscence therapy (SRT) may increase the effectiveness of RT. Spirituality is essential in later life as it buffers against depression and reduces the risks of developing loneliness, anxiety and depression. A SRT involves recall of past significant memories by emphasizing the meaning of memories and it guides older people to find meaning of life, future hopes and eventually improves the quality of life. Therefore, this paper aims to determine the effectiveness of a SRT program for older people with loneliness, anxiety and depression. Method: An experimental design was conducted with 34 residents from a residential aged care facility. The participants were randomly assigned into intervention group (six-week SRT) (n=18) and control group (six-week attention control activities) (n=16). The UCLA loneliness scale, the Geriatric Anxiety Scale (GAS) and the Malay version of Geriatric Depression Scale (M-GDS-14) were administered pre-test, post-test and at three-month follow-up. Results: The loneliness scores (p=0.01) and the depression scores (p=0.03) significantly decreased for three time measurements, although the anxiety scores was not reduced (p=0.46). Conclusion: A SRT program may benefit older people with low level loneliness and mild depression living in a residential aged care facility. SRT program still can be suggested to older people with anxiety since no negative experiences were reported. Future studies should extend this to a larger sample and more profound loneliness and depression. 2016-11 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53036/13/53036.pdf Syed Elias, Sharifah Munirah and Neville, Christine and Scott, Theresa (2016) Spiritual reminiscence therapy– is it effective for older people? In: 49th Australian Association of Gerontology Conference, 2nd-4th November 2016, Canberra, Australia. (Unpublished) http://aagconference.asn.au/
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spellingShingle	RT Nursing Syed Elias, Sharifah Munirah Neville, Christine Scott, Theresa Spiritual reminiscence therapy– is it effective for older people?
description	Introduction: Reminiscence therapy (RT) provides various benefits to older people but numerous studies on the effectiveness of RT have yielded inconclusive results. The integration of a spiritual element in RT which is known as spiritual reminiscence therapy (SRT) may increase the effectiveness of RT. Spirituality is essential in later life as it buffers against depression and reduces the risks of developing loneliness, anxiety and depression. A SRT involves recall of past significant memories by emphasizing the meaning of memories and it guides older people to find meaning of life, future hopes and eventually improves the quality of life. Therefore, this paper aims to determine the effectiveness of a SRT program for older people with loneliness, anxiety and depression. Method: An experimental design was conducted with 34 residents from a residential aged care facility. The participants were randomly assigned into intervention group (six-week SRT) (n=18) and control group (six-week attention control activities) (n=16). The UCLA loneliness scale, the Geriatric Anxiety Scale (GAS) and the Malay version of Geriatric Depression Scale (M-GDS-14) were administered pre-test, post-test and at three-month follow-up. Results: The loneliness scores (p=0.01) and the depression scores (p=0.03) significantly decreased for three time measurements, although the anxiety scores was not reduced (p=0.46). Conclusion: A SRT program may benefit older people with low level loneliness and mild depression living in a residential aged care facility. SRT program still can be suggested to older people with anxiety since no negative experiences were reported. Future studies should extend this to a larger sample and more profound loneliness and depression.
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author	Syed Elias, Sharifah Munirah Neville, Christine Scott, Theresa
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title	Spiritual reminiscence therapy– is it effective for older people?
title_short	Spiritual reminiscence therapy– is it effective for older people?
title_full	Spiritual reminiscence therapy– is it effective for older people?
title_fullStr	Spiritual reminiscence therapy– is it effective for older people?
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