团体回忆治疗对社区老年人自尊及情感平衡的干预效果研究

Study on intervention effect of group reminiscence therapy on self-esteem and emotional balance of the elderly in communities

[目的]探讨团体回忆疗法改善社区老年人自尊及情感平衡度的效果。[方法]在社区随机抽取符合研究要求的老年人129人,再随机分成干预组和对照组。对照组接受健康教育,干预组在此基础上进行为期6周的团体回忆治疗干预,分别在干预前及干预6周后测评老年人自尊和情感平衡度,并进行对比分析。[结果]干预后,干预组积极情感和情感平衡分值相对于干预前有显著升高,而消极情感得分相对于干预前有明显下降,差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05),且与对照组干预后比较差异亦有统计学意义(P<0.05)。而干预后两组自尊分值相对于干预前无显著上升。[结论]团体回忆治疗有助于改善社区老年人的情感平衡度,提高老年人的心理健康水平。

Objective： To probe into to improve self- esteem and degree the effect of group reminiscence therapy of emotional balance for elderly in cornmunities. Methods： A total of 129 elderly people in communities were randomly selected and were divided into intervention and control groups randomly. Elderly in control group received health education. Besides, elderly in intervention group have accepted group reminiscence therapy for 6 weeks as intervention. Both self- esteem and emotional balance degree of the elderly before intervention and at 6 weeks after intervention were evaluated and com- pared. Results： After the intervention, active feelings and emotional balance score of the elderly of intervention group were significantly higher than that of before the intervention. And negative emotions of elderly was lower than that of before intervention. There were statistical significant differences between them （P〈0.05）. And after intervention,there was statistical significant difference between intervention and control group elderly （P〈0.05）. In terms of self - esteem score, there was no significant increase after the intervention compared to that of before intervention. Conclusion：Group reminiscence therapy is helpful to improve the emotional balance degree of the elderly in community and to enhance psychological health of elderly.