A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Selected Therapeutic Exercises on the Promotion of Self–Esteem among the Elderly at Selected Old Age Home in Bengaluru, Karnataka
Journal Title: International Journal of Practical Nursing - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
A pre experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of selected therapeutic exercise on the selfesteem of the elderly at selected old age home in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Totally 40 elderly clients who are residing in old age home were selected by purposive sampling technique. The data was collected by using Rosenberg’s selfesteem scale. Therapeutic exercise consists of combined sessions of walking, jogging, stretching exercise (to increase flexibility and freedom of movement) and strengthening exercise (to build muscle, increase metabolism). The therapeutic exercise sessions were conducted after pretests and continued up to 20 days and posttest was conducted after a week. The study results reveal that, the pretest score of all the respondents (100%) noticed to have low selfesteem. Posttest indicated that 70% of the respondent’s self esteem level has increased from a low level of self esteem to a high level of selfesteem. Further 30% remained in low self selfesteem. The mean posttest self esteem scores of 16.5 of the respondents were significantly higher than the mean pretest scores of 13.75. The calculated’ value (16.353) was more than the table‘t’ value. The study findings concluded that the therapeutic exercise was found to be most effective in the promotion of selfesteem among institutionalized elderly people.
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Jyothi Quadras
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- DOI 10.21088/ijpn.2347.7083.5317.3
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