Indian Journal of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy - An International Journal
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 1

Effect of body awareness therapy on depression in geriatric population-A pre post experimental trial

1Professor, Department of Neurophysiotherapy, KLEU Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India

2MPT (Neurology), Department of Neurophysiotherapy, KLEU Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India

Online published on 18 January, 2019.

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Body awareness therapy on depression in geriatric population

A Pre-Post Experimental Design.

30 geriatric persons who had a score of more than 5 on the Geriatric Depression scale (GDS) were enrolled in the study. They were given Body Awareness Therapy (BAT) for a period of 3 weeks 3 times a week for 40 minutes.

Geriatric Depression scale was used as a self rating screening tool to measure depressive symptoms in older adults at the commencement and termination of BAT.

Statistical analysis was done comparing the pre and post GDS using the paired t test. There was 12.92% change in the values and the p value=.0001 which is significant (p<0.05).

Body Awareness Therapy has been shown to be effective in reducing depressive symptoms in the geriatric population.

Keywords

Geriatrics with depression, body awareness therapy, older Persons QOL