Effect of Self-healing Training on Death Anxiety and Sleep Quality of Older Women Living in Nursing Homes

IF 0.9 Q4 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY
Laleh Jangi Jahantigh, Z. Latifi, M. Soltanizadeh
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Objectives Aging is one of the important stages of human development. Death anxiety and sleep quality are among the most common mental health issues in the elderly which can be improved by proper intervention. This study aims to assess the effect of self-healing training on sleep quality and death anxiety of older women living in nursing homes. Methods & Materials This is a quasi-experimental study with a pretest/posttest/follow-up phase. The study population consists of all older women aged 60-70 years living in a nursing home in Isfahan, Iran in 2020. Of these, 40 were selected using a convenience sampling method and based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and were randomly assigned into two groups of intervention (n=20) and control (n=20). They were assessed by the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index before, immediately after, and 45 days after the intervention. The intervention group received a 12-session self-healing intervention while the control group was placed in a waiting list without receiving any intervention. The results were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance in SPSS software, version 24. Results The self-healing training significantly improved the components of death anxiety (fear of own death, fear of the process of own dying, fear of the death of others, and fear of the process of others dying) and some of sleep quality components (subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep disturbances, and use of sleeping medication) (P<0.05). These effects significantly remained constant in the follow-up phase in the components of fear of own death, subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep disturbances and use of sleeping medication (P<0.05). No significant difference was found in other variables between the post-test and follow-up phases (P> 0.05). Conclusion The self-healing training can reduce perceived death anxiety and improve sleep quality of older women living in nursing homes. It can be used as an effective educational method for improving the lifestyle and mental health of older women living in nursing homes.
自我修复训练对老年护理院妇女死亡焦虑及睡眠质量的影响
衰老是人类发展的重要阶段之一。死亡焦虑和睡眠质量是老年人最常见的心理健康问题,可以通过适当的干预来改善。本研究旨在探讨自我疗愈训练对养老院老年妇女睡眠质量及死亡焦虑的影响。方法与材料本研究为准实验研究,分为前测/后测/随访阶段。研究人群包括2020年住在伊朗伊斯法罕一家养老院的所有60-70岁老年妇女。采用方便抽样法,根据纳入和排除标准,从中选择40例,随机分为干预组(n=20)和对照组(n=20)。他们在干预前、干预后和干预后45天分别接受了Collett-Lester死亡恐惧量表和匹兹堡睡眠质量指数的评估。干预组接受了12个疗程的自我修复干预,而对照组则被放在等待名单上,没有接受任何干预。采用SPSS软件(version 24)进行多变量协方差分析。结果自我修复训练显著改善了死亡焦虑成分(对自己死亡的恐惧、对自己死亡过程的恐惧、对他人死亡的恐惧、对他人死亡过程的恐惧)和睡眠质量成分(主观睡眠质量、睡眠潜伏期、睡眠障碍、睡眠药物使用)(P < 0.05)。结论自我修复训练可减轻老年妇女死亡焦虑感,改善老年妇女睡眠质量。它可以作为一种有效的教育方法,改善生活在养老院的老年妇女的生活方式和心理健康。
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Salmand-Iranian Journal of Ageing
Salmand-Iranian Journal of Ageing GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY-
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