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The Effects Of Touch On Depression In Elderly Nursing Home Residents, Charlotte R. Taylor
The Effects Of Touch On Depression In Elderly Nursing Home Residents, Charlotte R. Taylor
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This was a quasi-experimental study designed to determine the effects of touch on depression in elderly nursing home residents. The null hypothesis stated there would be no significant difference at the .05 level of significance between depressed elders who participated in touch therapy and elders who did not participate in touch therapy. Data were collected from 10 elders, age 65 or older, who were residents of two nursing homes in Northeast Mississippi. All subjects were administered the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) as a pretest/posttest. These scores were then compared using the ^ test at the .05 level of significance. The …
The Effect Of Plush Animals On Depression In Elderly Nursing Home Residents, William J. Bergin
The Effect Of Plush Animals On Depression In Elderly Nursing Home Residents, William J. Bergin
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A quasi-experimental study was used to study the effect of plush animals on depression in elderly nursing home residents. The researcher hypothesized that there would be no significant difference between depression prior to and following plush animal therapy. Data were collected preand p o s t - p l u s h animal therapy using the Beck Depression Inventory. There were four subjects who each selected a plush animal, kept it with them for 5 weeks, and were then retested using the Beck Depression Inventory. The results of the ^ test led the researcher to reject the null hypothesis. Plush …