The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy on sleep disorder and death anxiety in elderly men and women in Tehran

The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy on sleep disorders and death anxiety inmale and female elderly in Tehran in terms of purpose, applied and according to the nature ofthe subject and objectives of the research, quasi-experimental research with pre-test and posttestdesign. With the control group. The statistical population of the study was the statisticalpopulation of all elderly people in Panah sanatorium located in District ۵ of Tehran, fromwhich ۳۲ people were selected using available sampling method (۱۶ people in theexperimental group and ۱۶ people in the control group) as a statistical sample. Simple randomsampling was divided into control and experimental groups. Data collection was library andfield methods. Data collection tools were the Pittsburgh Sleep Questionnaire (۱۹۸۹) and theTempler Death Anxiety Scale (۱۹۷۰). Has been used in ۸ sessions (۱.۵) hours. The reliabilityof the measurement tool was obtained from Cronbach's alpha statistic in the variables of sleepdisorder (۰.۷۷۳) and death anxiety (۰۸۵۹). Data analysis, in descriptive statistics such as meanand standard deviation with tables and graphs and in inferential statistics from multivariateanalysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and repeated measures analysis of covariance(ANCOVA) based on the assumptions of this statistical method remained and is thermal“Linearity", "multiple alignment", homogeneity of variance and homogeneity of regressionline slopes were performed using SPSS statistical software program. Findings showed that theeffectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy on sleep disorders and death anxiety in maleand female elderly in Tehran is different.

کلیدواژه ها:

Cognitive-behavioural therapy ، Sleep Disorder ، Death Anxiety ، Elderly