Aging
Zahra Askari; Mohammad Tahan; Elahe Ahangari
Volume 26, Issue 5 , November and December 2019, , Pages 587-591
Abstract
Background and Objective: An empty nest syndrome is a kind of mental wilting, which is felt in the parents after the emptying of the house from their children and their absence along with parents, since the occurrence of this syndrome in middle age and ages Higher socially in this age group can have ...
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Background and Objective: An empty nest syndrome is a kind of mental wilting, which is felt in the parents after the emptying of the house from their children and their absence along with parents, since the occurrence of this syndrome in middle age and ages Higher socially in this age group can have a special effect on the overall health of the community. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the efficacy of a group therapy based on acceptance and commitment on the quality of life of the elderly with nasal syndrome. Materials and Methods: A quasi-experimental research was carried out with a pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population consisted of all elderly people referred to the Mashhad Mashhad Psychiatric Center in 2018. In this voluntary and voluntary sample population, 30 elderly as a sample were randomly assigned to two groups of 15 experimental and control groups. The experimental group underwent eight sessions of 90 minutes of treatment based on acceptance and commitment, and the control group did not receive any treatment. Both groups responded to the quality of life questionnaire (IRQOL) at the beginning and the end of treatment. Statistical analysis of data was done with SPSS-22 software and inferential statistics (covariance analysis) (p