Study on Effects of Reminiscence Therapy using activity in Community-Dwelling Adults

本研究的目的是利用气味刺激进行回忆疗法，并探讨其对社区成年人抑郁和主观幸福感的影响。以气味刺激为线索进行8次回忆治疗。采用老年抑郁量表(GDS-15)和生活满意度指数K(LSIK)在基线、干预前、干预完成后即刻和干预完成后3个月进行评估。重复方差分析显示GDS-15得分有显著变化。这些结果表明，以气味刺激为线索的回忆疗法在维持老年人心理健康方面可能显示出有效的中期效果和短期效果。

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.