Mahavidyalya A
India
Research Article
Effectiveness of Life Style Interventions as Self Help Technique to Enhance Psychological Well-Being of Institutionalized and Non-Institutionalized Senior Citizens
Author(s): Ritu Sharma and Mahavidyalya A
Ritu Sharma and Mahavidyalya A
Objective: To explore the effectiveness of life style interventions as self-help technique to enhance psychological well-being of institutionalized and non-institutionalized senior citizens.
Tools - Psychological well-being scale, Leisure time activity scale, Life style scale, Depression scale.
Methodology: It is a community based experimental study with a sample of 240 senior citizens selected randomly at phase one and purposive sampling was done at second phase. Population was divided into control (n=120) and experimental group (n=120) in phase II. Assessment was done before and after six months intervention, further follow up was done after a month. The intervention was consist of exercises; diet schedule, physical activities and meditation.
Results: Older people having poor psychological well-being.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2167-7182.1000189