The Effectiveness of Semantic Therapy Training on the Feeling of Loneliness in the Elderly (Case Study: Nursing Home for the Center of Tehran)
Subject Areas :Maryam Vatani 1 , Tahereh Hasoomi 2
1 - Graduate of Counseling and Rehabilitation and consultant of Tehran Region 2 Education Office
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Information Science and Knowledge, Roodehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roodehen, Iran
Keywords: Meaning therapy, feeling of loneliness of the elderly, nursing home, Tehran nursing home, Kahrizak nursing home,
Abstract :
Introduction : this study was to investigate the effectiveness of semantic therapy training on the feeling of loneliness of the elderly living in a nursing home in the center of Tehran. Method: The present study is a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test with a control group and random assignment that was conducted to investigate the effect of semantic therapy training on the feeling of loneliness in the elderly among 1750 elderly people in downtown Tehran as a statistical population; Thirty elderly people living in Kahrizak nursing home located in the center of Tehran were selected as a statistical sample by voluntary and available random sampling. Inferential statistical methods were used to analyze statistical information in this study. According to the type of research and based on the normality of data distribution in this study, the statistical method of univariate analysis of covariance and post hoc test has been used. Conclusion: The findings show that the mean and standard deviation of loneliness score in the experimental group in the pre-test stage were 48.69 and 8.42, respectively, and in the post-test stage the mean score of loneliness in the experimental group was 27.21. It has decreased with a standard deviation of 7.26. The results of univariate analysis of variance show that there is a positive and significant difference between the effect of semantic therapy training on the feeling of loneliness in the elderly. The results of Benferoni post hoc test show that the scores of feeling lonely differ between the experimental group of logotherapy and control; And the mean scores of loneliness in the experimental group were higher than the control group. Summary of research findings shows that semantic therapy training has a significant effect on the feeling of loneliness of the elderly living in a nursing home in the