1. The effect of comprehensive psychological interventions on the mental health of the community elderly
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Zi-Ming Zhang, Hui-Jun Liu, Gang Li, Ying He, Xin Guo, Fang Zhao, and Ying-Jie Luo
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community ,depression ,anxiety ,elderly ,comprehensive psychological interventions ,Psychiatry ,RC435-571 - Abstract
ObjectiveTo observe the intervention effect of comprehensive psychological interventions on the mental health of the elderly population.Methods133 elderly aged 60 and above in two urban districts of Tianshui City from January 2020 to December 2020 were selected and divided into the intervention group (n=67) and the control group (n=66). The intervention group received comprehensive psychological interventions, with no intervention given to the control group. The anxiety rate, depression rate, loneliness rate and happiness rate of the two groups were collected and compared pre- and post-intervention. Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale (UCLA) and Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness (MUNSH) were used to compare the psychological status of the elderly pre- and post-intervention.ResultsDifferences in the inter-group main effects and time-point main effects for SAS, SDS, UCLA, and MUNSH scores of the intervention group were significant (all p
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- 2024
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