The Effect of Reminiscence Therapy on the Assessment of Depression, Anxiety and Self‐Esteem in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults: An Intervention Study

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/opn.70004" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/opn.70004</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/opn.70004" target="_blank" >10.1111/opn.70004</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Effect of Reminiscence Therapy on the Assessment of Depression, Anxiety and Self‐Esteem in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults: An Intervention Study

Original language description

<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title>Reminiscence therapy (RT) is a widely used approach to promote well‐being among older adults and is an effective intervention method for older adults with diverse health conditions, including community‐dwelling older adults.</jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives</jats:title>The aim of the study was to determine the impact of group RT on assessments of depression, anxiety and self‐esteem in older adults living in the community.</jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title>We implemented sessions of group simple RT. The sample consisted of 24 older adults living in the community who attended a 12‐week RT course. The duration of each reminiscence session was 60 min. The average age of the sample was 74.7 years. We used the Geriatric Depression Scale, the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory, the Rosenberg self‐esteem scale, the Older adults' Quality of Life—Brief version and the Sense of Coherence scale to assess mental health outcomes before and after intervention.</jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title>After intervention, we observed statistically significant improvements in assessments of depression (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> &lt; 0.001), anxiety (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = 0.011), self‐esteem (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = 0.007) and the comprehensibility dimension of the sense of coherence scale (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = 0.039). Depression showed the largest effect size (Cohen's <jats:italic>d</jats:italic> = 0.870; 95% CI: 0.392 to 1.335), indicating a large effect, followed by self‐esteem (Cohen's <jats:italic>d</jats:italic> = 0.612; 95% CI: −1.044 to −0.170) and anxiety (Cohen's <jats:italic>d</jats:italic> = 0.543; 95% CI: 0.108 to 0.967), both of which demonstrated a moderate effect.</jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title>We found group RT to be effective for several outcomes among older adults. Reminiscence is a good non‐invasive treatment for the promotion of mental health in community‐dwelling older adults.</jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Implications for Practice</jats:title>As research has now established RT to be an essential component of activities for older adults in senior care facilities, we should also offer it to those living in the community as an effective activity for the promotion of healthy aging among older adults.</jats:sec>

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30307 - Nursing

Project

<a href="/en/project/NU21-09-00067" target="_blank" >NU21-09-00067: SUPPORT OF HEALTHY AGEING: USING EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS TO MAINTAIN MENTAL HEALTH, FOR PREVENTION AND TIMELY DIAGNOSIS OF DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND COGNITIVE DISORDERS OF OLDER ADULTS IN A COMMUNITY</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OLDER PEOPLE NURSING

ISSN

1748-3735

e-ISSN

1748-3743

Volume of the periodical

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Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001378652600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85212069792