Aim: The present study aimed to determine the impact of group integrative reminiscence\ntherapy on mental health of older women living in Iranian nursing home in 2016.\nDesign: A quasi-experimental\ndesign pre-and\npost-test\nwas used in the present study.\nPurposive sampling was used to recruit participants who met the study criteria.\nMethod: The statistical population included 60 older women living in nursing home,\namong whom 46 having the inclusion criteria were selected as the sample. After completing\nthe Goldbergââ?¬â?¢s General Health Questionnaire, the older people were divided\ninto intervention (N = 23) and control (N = 23) group by using block randomization\nmethod. The intervention groups were trained by integrative reminiscence therapy for\n60ââ?¬â??90 min 10 sessions, twice a week. Descriptive statistics and ANOVA were used for\ndata analysis by SPSS software.\nResults: The results indicated that group integrative reminiscence therapy significantly\naffected general mental health and physical dimensions, anxiety and insomnia, social\nfunctions and depression.
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