Effect of psychological first aid program on anxiety level and perceived stress among elder persons
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anxiety level, elder persons, psychological, stressAbstract
Background: As the global population ages, there is increasing concern about mental health. Globally a large number of elder persons suffer from different mental disorders. Within aging, elder persons may experience certain life changes that impact their mental health, in such as anxiety and stress. Therefore, Psychological First Aid (PFA) as program intervention is designed to eliminate anxiety level and perceived stress among elder persons. Aim: Evaluate effect of psychological first aid program on anxiety level and perceived stress among elder persons. Design: a quasi-experimental research design pre-test post-test was used. Subjects: A convenience sample of one hundred (100) elder persons fulfilled criteria included. Setting: The study was carried out at Al Sabeen Fadan primary health care center, Cairo governorate, Egypt. Tools: Socio-demographic and clinical data of community dwelling older adults structured interview questionnaire form, Visual Analog Scale and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) Results: Psychological First Aid program has highly statistically significant effect on total improvement of anxiety level and perceived stress among elder persons. 46% &47% of elder persons were suffering from severe and extreme anxiety level respectively before program implementation compared with 64%& 36% had mild and moderated level of anxiety after program application (p= <0.001*).
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