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Effect of Counseling Sessions as a Nursing Intervention on Depression and Loneliness among Elderly at Assiut City

Research Authors
Nadia Ebraheem Sayied, and Nermeen Mahmoud Abd-Elaziz
Research Department
Research Journal
IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS)
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Research Publisher
NULL
Research Rank
1
Research Vol
Vol. 4 - No. 6
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Research Year
2015
Research_Pages
PP. 16-22
Research Abstract

The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of counseling sessions as nursing intervention on depression and loneliness among elderly. The study was carried out in the geriatric club in legitimate assembly and geriatric club in Cultural Center at Assiut City, Egypt. The study sample comprised of one hundred elderly person aged 60 years and above. They were assigned randomly in two groups as 50 intervention group and 50 control group. Three tools were used for data collection, namely: Socio-demographic data structured interview sheet, UCLA loneliness scale, Beck Depression Inventory Scale (BDI). The main results yielded by the study proved that, there were a highly significant difference between the mean scores of the intervention and control group at (P<0.001). This result suggests that counseling sessions was effective on reducing depression and loneliness among elderly people. Also, there were statistically significant highly correlation between depression and loneliness (r=0.892, p=0.001). The study recommended that psycho-educational program is needed to assist psychologists, counselors and social workers, nurses, who work with the elderly, to utilize the theoretical principles and the therapeutic process of this approach as a nursing intervention on reducing depression and loneliness among elderly