Effect of Group Mindfulness-based Cognitive Counselling on life Satisfaction of Elder Women

Abstract

Background: The aim of this pre-experimental study with control group was to assess the effect of group mindfulness-based cognitive counselling on life satisfaction of the elder women referring to a Senior Adult Day Care Center in Gorgan, Iran. Methods: The study population of this quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design was the older women referring to a Senior Adult Day Care Center in Gorgan, Iran. In order to select the study sample, the life satisfaction of 142 old women over 60 years was evaluated and the ones with the lowest life satisfaction (n = 50) were selected and finally 40 women randomly divided into equal groups of intervention and control. The instruments were a demographic data sheet and the life satisfaction questionnaire compiled by Neugarten BJ and Havighurst RJ. The intervention was eight sessions of group mindfulness-based cognitive counselling. The data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS Software. Findings: The results showed that the mean of life satisfaction between the pretest (9.16) and posttest (14.09) stages in the intervention group was significantly different (P ≤ 0.0001) while it was not the case for the control group. Conclusion: Thus, in addition to enough medical and welfare facilities, we recommend holding group mindfulness-based cognitive counselling workshop to prevent elder women from rumination and finally to improve their life satisfaction.

Keywords

• elderly
• life satisfaction
• group mindfulness-based cognitive counselling