The meditation as a stress reliever in residents of the America Labadie Nursing Home
Keywords:
Elderly, Stress, MeditationAbstract
Introduction: the increase in aging in the Cuban population constitutes a core issue in research, therefore improving their quality of life is a task of the first order. These patients have more than 6 hours a day of free time and do not take advantage of it properly, for this reason they are offered techniques such as meditation.
Objective: to describe the impact of meditation as a stress reliever in inmates of the América Labadie Nursing Home.
Method: a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out with 25 patients from the América Labadie Nursing Home, the main variables were the amount of free time, assessment of the state of mental and general health, the taking of vital signs before and after the meditation exercise.
Results: the age group with the highest representation was from 70 to 84 years with 14 patients (56 %) 72 % (n=18) of the patients have 8h of free time a day and 33,3 % of these rate their mental health as fair 64 % present a bad use of their free time, which represents a stressor in them. After applying the meditation, the decrease of the pulse rate was seen in the patients from 54 to 70 years and the increase of 2 % in the oxygen saturation of the patients from 85 years or more.
Conclusions: The modification of physiological variables demonstrates the impact of meditation on them, which shows its contribution in mitigating stress in the elderly.
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