The effect of religious intervention on depressive symptoms and quality of life among Indonesian elderly in nursing homes: A quasi-experimental study
| Autor: | Pramesona BA, Taneepanichskul S |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Clinical Interventions in Aging, Vol Volume 13, Pp 473-483 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1178-1998 44268513 |
| Popis: | Bayu Anggileo Pramesona,1,2 Surasak Taneepanichskul1 1College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; 2Mayjend HM Ryacudu General Hospital, Kotabumi, North Lampung, Indonesia Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effect of religious intervention on depressive symptoms and quality of life (QOL) among Indonesian elderly in nursing homes (NHs).Patients and methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with repeated measures. Sixty elderly residents at three NHs in three districts in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, with the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) score of 5–11 were recruited and purposively assigned to the religious intervention group (combining 36 sessions of listening to Qur’anic recital and 3 sessions of attending a sermon by a preacher, n=30) and the control group (treatment as usual/TAU, n=30). The primary outcome was depression, measured by a short form GDS questionnaire. The QOL as the secondary outcome was assessed by the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF Indonesian version. Both groups were evaluated at the baseline, 4th, 8th, and 12th week after the interventions were performed.Results: In both groups, there were statistically significant reductions in depression scores after the 12-week intervention (P |
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