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KMID : 1023720130590010007
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Journal of Welfare for the Aged
2013 Volume.59 No. 1 p.7 ~ p.30
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A Systematic review for the studies of the psychosocial interventions for the depressed elderly in South Korea
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Baik Ok-Mi
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Abstract
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The purpose of this review article was to assess the available scientific evidence on the effects of psychosocial interventions for the elderly with depressive symptoms in South Korea. For the present study, this study conducted an extensive search of three electronic databases using a comprehensive search strategy. The literature search identified 16 studies evaluating psychosocial intervention for older adults with depressive symptoms. In results, even though all reviewed studies reported overall effects of each intervention, this review found that 1) they were lack of enough evidences in terms of the scientific rigorousness; 2) although the purpose of the intervention studies were decreasing depression or depressive symptoms of older adult population, about a half of the samples were not from the persons with depressive symptoms; 3) most of the reviewed studies were based on the specific theories, but some of the studies showed conceptual issues; and 4) most of the reviewed studies were based on a group treatment, and thus individual interventions were a few. Through a systematic review for drawing the possible evidence of psychosocial intervention for depressed elderly in this study, this study suggested some points for the future psychosocial intervention studies for depressed older adults in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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systematic review, psychosocial intervention, older adults, depression
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