Level of Knowledge and Practice Regarding Meditation Among Elderly People at Selected Old Age Home- Tirupati
Abstract
The number of people over 60 in the globe is predicted to reach two billion by 2050.[1] Approximately20% of them will have mental conditions such as dementia, depression, anxiety and substance abuse, often complicated by physical and psychological comorbidities. Meditation is a very effective approach in resolving mental health issues. Hence the present study was aimed to assess the level of knowledge and practice regarding meditation among senior citizens at selected oldage home at Tirupati. The research design used for the present study was descriptive in nature. The duration of data collection was one week and non-probability purposive sampling was used to collect data from determined sample size of 30. The major findings of the study revealed that a maximum of 21(70%) had moderate knowledge of meditation, 8(27%) had inadequate knowledge and only one person was found to have adequate knowledge. The mean knowledge score of people are of 9.43 with a SD of 3.42. Pertaining to level of practice a maximum of 26(87%) had ideas of meditation, 4(13%) are agnostic about meditation and none were there well known and or no interest about meditation. The mean score of practice obtained was 36.16 with a SD of 5.43. The study concluded that although the old age homes render various practices to improve mental wellbeing off people at old age homes, it is necessary for the conduction of special and regular meditation practices with imparting knowledge among the people.
Keywords
Meditation, Elderly people, Knowledge and Practice
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IRE Journals:
Dr P. M. Prathiba
"Level of Knowledge and Practice Regarding Meditation Among Elderly People at Selected Old Age Home- Tirupati" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 7 Issue 6 2023 Page 105-107
IEEE:
Dr P. M. Prathiba
"Level of Knowledge and Practice Regarding Meditation Among Elderly People at Selected Old Age Home- Tirupati" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 7(6)
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