| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this research is to conduct reminiscence therapy using odor stimulation and to investigate its effects on depression and subjective well-being in community-dwelling adults. Reminiscence therapy was conducted eight times with odor stimulation as a cue for reminiscence. Evaluation was conducted using the Geriatric Depression Scale-15(GDS-15) and the Life Satisfaction Index-K(LSIK) at four time points : baseline, immediately before intervention, immediately after completion of intervention, and three months after completion of intervention. Repeated analysis of variance revealed a significant change in GDS-15 scores. These results suggest that reminiscence therapy using odor stimulation as a cue for reminiscence may show effective medium-term effects as well as short-term effects in maintaining the mental health of older adults.
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