Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Reducing Depression in Nursing Home Residents

Hamidah, Ajeng Harlika Puspitasari

2018

Abstract

Each elderly is expected to achieve successful aging so as to live the end of his life with prosperity, but vulnerable to psychological disorders, especially depression. Nursing home residents have higher risk for depression caused by several factors, such as loss of independence, isolation, loneliness, loss of personal space, monotonous activities, and conflicts with the nursing home staff. Acceptance and commitment therapy is an intervention aimed at improving psychological flexibility and improving the ability to adapt to change so as to make the individual able to deal with various problems that become stressors. The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in reducing depression in nursing home residents. This research is a quasi-experimental research with the nonrandomized research design pretest-posttest control group. This study was applied to 6 elderly female subjects divided into two groups, 3 subjects in the experimental group and 3 subjects in the control group. The measuring instrument used in this study is Geriatric Depression Scale - 15 (GDS - 15). The results obtained in this study indicate that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy has a high effectiveness to reduce depression in nursing home residents. There was a significant difference between the mean score before and after intervention in both groups.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Puspitasari A. and Hamidah. (2018). Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Reducing Depression in Nursing Home Residents.In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS, ISBN 978-989-758-435-0, pages 174-179. DOI: 10.5220/0008586901740179

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icp-hesos18,
author={Ajeng Harlika Puspitasari and Hamidah},
title={Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Reducing Depression in Nursing Home Residents},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS,},
year={2018},
pages={174-179},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008586901740179},
isbn={978-989-758-435-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS,
TI - Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Reducing Depression in Nursing Home Residents
SN - 978-989-758-435-0
AU - Puspitasari A.
AU - Hamidah.
PY - 2018
SP - 174
EP - 179
DO - 10.5220/0008586901740179