Development of a Depressive Disorder Prevention Model in the Elderly of Health Region 5

Abstract

The purpose was to develop the Model of prevention of the depressive disorder in elderlies in Public Health Region 5. The research was Research and Development program. Example group were elderlies upper 60 years. The instruments were the assessments of stress, automatic negative thoughts, and happiness in the elderly lives. The statistics were mean ( ), Standard Deviation (S.D.), and dependent t-test. The results revealed that the factors of the prevention of the depressive disorder influenced the depressive condition has a statistically significant difference at the level of .05 The processes were as follows: 1) Stress management, self-discipline and community management, and self-understanding, 2) Self-training of breath, 3) Detaching from self-awareness, thoughts, emotions, and cravings, 4) Being conscious and deleting negative thoughts in a short while, 5) Consciousness training along with movement by doing a yoga, and 6) Adjusting communication, compassion, forgiveness, and self-love. The appropriateness assessment of the program was at the high level( x̄ = 4.06, S.D = 0.14), and possibility assessment was at the highest level ( x̄  = 4.20, S.D. = 0.11). After using program, happiness,stress and negative thoughts of elderlies in the experimental group had a statistically significant difference at the level of .05 Also, the results recommended that the program can be applied as a guideline for the prevention and can foster good health that to be the elderlies in the future appropriately.