Abstract:
Depression is one of the most common psychological problems among elderly which can
cause serious consequences. This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effect of the group
reminiscence applying music program on depression of elderly in social welfare development center for
older persons. The samples were older persons who lived in Ban Bang Lamung Social Welfare
Development Center for older persons in 2018, aged 60-75 years old, had mild or moderate depression
level and met the inclusion criteria. Simple random samplings were applied by sampling without
replacement technique to employ 24 samples and assigned samples into the experimental group and the
control group, with 12 each. The experimental group had received the group reminiscence applying music
program included 7 sessions throughout the 4 weeks of intervention. The control group had received
usual nursing care. Data had been collected from both groups at pre-test, post-test and 3 weeks follow-up
periods. The research instruments included the group reminiscence applying music program, Thai
Geriatric Depression Scale, and Chula Mental Test. The statistics used were frequencies, percentage,
standard deviation, Chi-square, Independent T-test, Repeated Measure Analysis of Variance, and
Bonferroni correction.
The research results are as follows:
1. The mean score of depression in the experimental group was statistically significant lower
than that of the control group at the post-test and 3 weeks follow-up periods (p<.05).
2. The mean scores of depression in the experimental group at the post-test and 3 weeks
follow-up were statistically significant lower than the pre-test periods (p<.05).
This study suggests that nurses who are working at the Elderly Social Welfare Development
Center for older persons should use this group reminiscence applying music program to decrease
depression among elderly people and it should be researched to develop a group reminiscence applying
music program that can be used in other groups in the future.