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Life review of elderly depression
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DWI ROCHMAWATI, BETIE FEBRIANA, WIWIT RIZKI, YASINTA AMALI
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Bandarharjo village has a large number of elderly people. Among the elderly are experiencing some life problems, some are even experiencing depression. The purpose of this study is to describe the results of the implementation of the Life Review and its effect on the elderly who experience depression in the Bandarharjo Village, Semarang. Life Review is a therapy that can explore past life experiences, strengths and achievements of the elderly and bring stories to the present in order to overcome one's end-of-life stage of integrity vs. despair according to Erikson's theory. This stage of therapy is a major challenge for older adults (elderly) in preserving one's healthy life in avoiding crises such as depression. This study used a quasy experiment design with the pre and post test method without control group, meaning that the data collection was carried out before and after the intervention by giving a theraphy life review. The total sample of 138 respondents with the determination in total sampling. Most respondents were 61-70 years old (60.9%), most graduates graduated from elementary school (47.1%) and most respondents did not work (42.8%). Before therapy most of the respondents experienced mild depression (43.5%) and after following therapy most of the respondents were not depressed (66.7%).
Conclusion: Using paired sample T test, the p value is 0,000, which means there is an effect of theraphy life review on elderly depression.
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Life Review, quasy experiment, pre and post test with control group
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.04.001
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