The effect of psychoeducational intervention on retirement syndrome among retired nurses: A field trial

Autor: shahrzad yektatalab, Zeraati, S., Hazratti, M., Najafi, S. S.
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Zdroj: Scopus-Elsevier
Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, Vol 16, Iss 4 (2018)
Popis: BACKGROUND: The retired constitutes a large portion of the society, whose psychological problems can have a great impact on mental health and quality of life among their families and society. This field trial study aimed to investigate the effect of psychoeducational intervention on retirement syndrome among retired nurses. METHODOLOGY: A total of 73 retired nurses who obtained score higher than 80 on the measure of retirement syndrome were randomly assigned to either the intervention group (receiving 8 weekly sessions of intervention) and control group (receiving no interventions) by block randomization. Outcomes were measured before, after and two months after the intervention and were analyzed using repeated measure ANOVAs and t-test. RESULTS: The results demonstrated a significant difference between the intervention and control groups regarding the retirement syndrome scores (P
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