Aging. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: The experimental group participated in 13 sessions of reminiscence therapy for 1.5 to 1 hour will.. Individuals in the first session chose their favorite topics. Subjects in experiment
Marriage
children
living in urban and rural areas
The sweetest and most bitter memory of life
travel, hobbies and games of childhood
Job and employment
economic conditions in past and present time
sisters, brothers, grandparents
benevolence and charity
changes of aging period
mosques and worship and in the final session about favorite and arbitrary topic. After the meeting comes after the test. Two months after the end of the sessions, the experimental group performed the
The experimental group participated in 13 sessions of reminiscence therapy for 1.5 to 1 hour will.. Individuals in the first session chose their favorite topics. Subjects in experimental group discuss
Sponsors
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria : 80-60 years old; willingness to participate in the research ; orientation about time and place. Exclusion criteria : Any kinds of experiences of social-family crisis during research; hospitalization; having acute medical or mental illness; use of psychiatric medications; chronic mental illness; grief experienced at least from last 6 months.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of Life. Timepoint: Immediately and 2 months after the end of the session. Method of measurement: Based on the world health organization quality of Life questionnaire.;General Health. Timepoint: Immediately and 2 months after the end of the session. Method of measurement: Based on Goldberg’s General Health Questionnaire.;Loneliness. Timepoint: Immediately and 2 months after the end of the session. Method of measurement: Based on the questionnaire loneliness. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Outcome results
None listed