Effect of body awareness therapy on depression in geriatric population-A pre post experimental trial Chitra Jeba1, Gomes Nathalia2 1Professor, Department of Neurophysiotherapy, KLEU Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India 2MPT (Neurology), Department of Neurophysiotherapy, KLEU Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India Online published on 18 January, 2019. Abstract Objective The main objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Body awareness therapy on depression in geriatric population Design A Pre-Post Experimental Design. Participants and Interventions 30 geriatric persons who had a score of more than 5 on the Geriatric Depression scale (GDS) were enrolled in the study. They were given Body Awareness Therapy (BAT) for a period of 3 weeks 3 times a week for 40 minutes. Main Outcome Measures Geriatric Depression scale was used as a self rating screening tool to measure depressive symptoms in older adults at the commencement and termination of BAT. Results Statistical analysis was done comparing the pre and post GDS using the paired t test. There was 12.92% change in the values and the p value=.0001 which is significant (p<0.05). Conclusion Body Awareness Therapy has been shown to be effective in reducing depressive symptoms in the geriatric population. Top Keywords Geriatrics with depression, body awareness therapy, older Persons QOL. Top |