Influence of reminiscence therapy on health condition and quality of life of seniors in long-term hospital care - preliminary results

Czech version

Authors: Mgr. Kvetoslava Hošková ¹; PhDr. PhD. Hana Janečková ²; Mgr. Jelena Skibová ³
Authors‘ workplace: Oddělení geriatrie a následné péče, Thomayerova nemocnice, Praha ¹; Ústav ošetřovatelství 3. LF UK ²; Institut klinické a experimentální medicíny ³
Published in: Geriatrie a Gerontologie 2019, 8, č. 3: 99-106
Category: Original Article

Overview

Long-term care for geriatric patients in hospitals relates to the risk of psychological deprivation and decrease of self-care, not only in connection to their health problem but also as a result of lack of activities and underestimation of non-pharmacological therapy. Reminiscence offers methods that can activate inner resources of older adults and bring important salutogenic potential. The pilot study aimed to evaluate the effect of non-pharmacological intervention in the form of reminiscence therapy on the selected indicators of health status and quality of life of seniors hospitalised on the Geriatric Department of the Thomayer Hospital in Prague, and compare the results with a control group without such an intervention. The sample was composed of 104 hospitalised patients. Apart of self-assessed health status, scales measuring activities of daily living (ADL), depression (GDS), cognitive functions (MoCA) and quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF) were used. Preliminary results showed positive effect of the reminiscence therapy in all areas of the quality of life and in the health status of the intervened group. Analysis of variance with repeated measures and grouping variable showed significant differences between intervened and control groups in the pre-test and post-test scores (p<0.001). In GDS both groups improved and the difference between groups remained non-significant. Reminiscence therapy is a non-pharmacological intervention with positive effect on health status and quality of life of hospitalized seniors. It contributes significantly to the improvement of self-suffiency, cognitive functions, depression and self-assessed health status. Its use in the hospital care for older adults could improve the effect of the whole therapeutic process.

Keywords:

Quality of life – non-pharmacological intervention – reminiscence therapy – health status – hospitalised seniors

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