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Introduction: Depression is one of the common disorders of the elderly and this disorder is affected by psychological treatments. The purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on awareness on rumination and negative spontaneous thoughts in the elderly with depressive disorder.
Method: The research method was semi-experimental with experimental and control groups. The statistical population of this research included all the elderly people who referred to the counseling and psychological services center in Amol city (from the 10th of Mehr 1400 to the 10th of Khordad 1401). Sampling was available and 30 people who got the highest score in the Beck Depression Questionnaire (1961) were selected as a sample and then randomly assigned 15 people to the experimental group and 15 people to the control group by lottery. ¬Kashi were allocated. The experimental group underwent cognitive therapy training based on mindfulness for 8 sessions, once a week for 90 minutes. While the control group did not receive any intervention. In order to collect data, Beck's depression questionnaire (1961), Nalen-Hoeksma and Maro's rumination questionnaire (1991) and Kendall and Halon's negative spontaneous thoughts questionnaire (1980) were used. In order to analyze the data, descriptive tests (mean and standard deviation) and covariance analysis were used with SPSS version 24 software.
Results: The results showed that cognitive therapy based on awareness has an effect on rumination and negative spontaneous thoughts of the elderly with depressive disorder (P<0.005).
Conclusion: According to the results of this research, the use of cognitive therapy intervention based on mindfulness can be suggested in reducing rumination and negative spontaneous thoughts in the elderly with major depressive disorder.

 

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Introduction: The increase in the Older adults  population and the emergence of new needs for health services to promote active young aging reveal the need to pay attention and recognize the factors affecting their health and well-being as an important part of the society and determine priorities in this field. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of the educational program developed locally for the needs of young Older adults   people in improving the quality of life and reducing depression of young Older adults   people in Yazd city.
Methods: The research method was a semi-experimental type of pre-test and post-test with a control group. The statistical population was all people with the age range of 60 to 75 years in Yazd city. The sample size of 36 people was selected and randomly divided into control and experimental groups (18 people in each group) according to the criteria for entering the research. The experimental group received the training package in 8 sessions of 90 minutes, and the control group did not receive training. The research tool was the quality of life questionnaire for the Older adults   by Lipad (1998) and depression in the Older adults by Yeswageh (1996). Multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance tests were used to analyze the data.
Results: The results showed that the native educational package of the needs of young Older adults had a significant effect on reducing depression and improving the quality of life (and then life satisfaction) in the post-test stage (P<0.05). But it has not had a significant effect on the improvement of quality of life dimensions (physical, self-care, depression and anxiety, cognitive, social and sexual issues).
 Conclusions: Considering the importance of the local educational program for the needs of the Older adults, it can be useful to hold training courses for the young Older adults in order to improve the quality of life and reduce depression.