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Investigating the Effect of Religious Intervention on Mental Vitality and Sense of Loneliness Among the Elderly Referring to Community Healthcare Centers

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(2018) Investigating the Effect of Religious Intervention on Mental Vitality and Sense of Loneliness Among the Elderly Referring to Community Healthcare Centers. Journal of religion and health. ISSN 1573-6571 (Electronic) 0022-4197 (Linking)

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Official URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30291532

Abstract

The growth of elderly population is among the most important issues in the world, and religious interventions can help them to keep their health. For this reason, this study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of religious intervention on subjective vitality and sense of loneliness of the elderly referring to healthcare centers. This semi-experimental study was conducted on 88 elderlies referring to community healthcare centers of Ilam City. The elderlies were randomly assigned into test and control groups, and subjective vitality and sense of loneliness questionnaire was distributed to them. For the elderly in the test group, twelve 30-45-min sessions of religious intervention were held. Then, at intervals of immediately, 1 month, and 2 months after the study, the studied questionnaires were redistributed again among the elderly, and the data were analyzed using SPSS 16 and through descriptive statistics as well as repeated measures of analysis of variance. Before intervention, there was no difference between mental vitality and fear of loneliness in the elderly, but after intervention, the amount of mental vitality increased and fear of loneliness decreased. Since in this study, implementation of religious intervention resulted in improved subjective vitality and diminished sense of loneliness among the elderly, it is suggested that this effective intervention be also used in other studies.

Item Type: Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmail
Borji, M.UNSPECIFIED
Tarjoman, A.UNSPECIFIED
Keywords: Elderly Religious intervention Sense of loneliness Subjective vitality
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Journal or Publication Title: Journal of religion and health
Journal Index: Pubmed
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0708-x
ISSN: 1573-6571 (Electronic) 0022-4197 (Linking)
Depositing User: مهندس مهدی شریفی
URI: http://eprints.medilam.ac.ir/id/eprint/951

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