Observation on effect of group nostalgia mental nursing for releasing depression symptoms in old inpatients
Abstract：Obj ective:To observe the effect of group nostalgia mental nurs-ing for releasing depression symptoms in old inpatients.Methods:A total of 120 old depression patients were randomly divided into observation group and control group,60 cases in each.The routine psychological care was im-plemented by the responsible nurses in control group,the patients in obser-vation group received psychological care implemented by counselors trained nurses accordance with group nostalgia program.The Geriatric Depression Scale(GDS)Chinese version was used for assessment respectively before the intervention and at the end of 6 weeks of intervention,and patient satis-faction survey was used for patients'satisfaction survey at the time the pa-tients were discharged.Results:There was statistically significant difference in improvement of depression symptoms,Experiment outcome show that data gained from these two groups yield a results with statistical signifi-cance in depression remission,emotion balance increase and hospital service satisfaction(with P<0.05).Conclusion:The group nostalgia mental nurs-ing can release the depression symptoms in old inpatients.
Keywords：elderly patientsdepressionemotional balancegroup reminis-cence therapypsychological care
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 2307-2308,2314 )