The Effectiveness of Hope Therapy on Improving the Elderly Quality of Life

Background: Elderly is an era of life, which affects quality of life; agingchanges the thinking ways and reduces the self-confidence. The present studywas conducted to evaluate the effect of hope therapy on the elderly quality oflife in Mehriz, Yazd in 2016 - 2017.Methods: In this controlled study with pre-test post-test design, the studypopulation consisted of all elderly people who referred to daily care centersof Mehriz. The sample consisted of 24 elderly women in the daily carecenters, who were divided into two groups of experimental (n = 12) andawaiting (n = 12).Hope therapy was provided in eight sessions for theexperimental group. The instrument used in this research was Quality of LifeScale for the Elderly.Results: The MANOVA results showed a significant difference between theexperimental and awaiting groups. In the experimental group, physicalfunction, depression, anxiety, mental performance, and life satisfactionimproved, but education did not affect the sex dimension. Hope therapy, waseffective on improving the elderly quality of life.Conclusion: The studied training can be used as an effective treatment toimprove the elderly quality of life.

Keywords:

Hope Therapy , Depression , Quality of Life , Elderly