Includes bibliographical references.
保密資料3年
公開日期: 2028年9月1日

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Objectives: With a worldwide ageing population, demand for places in residential nursing homes has also increased, older people in these homes have been shown to have a higher prevalence of depressive symptoms than those living in the community. Macau management of depressive symptoms remains heavily reliant on using antidepressant as frontline treatment, despite concerns of adverse side effects. It has been suggested that non-pharmacological interventions have a potential role in the management of depressive symptoms in this population. One such intervention, Dance movement therapy, has existed for many years. However, for older people in nursing home who may have low mobility and fragility, there is still no specific type of dance for this target population. Therefore, this study aims at assessing the effectiveness of dance movement therapy among older people with depression symptoms in long-term residential care. Methods: This study is a pilot study with pre and post-test of applying dance movement therapy on older people, for 12 weeks in one long term residential care in Macau. Results: Mean score of Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form of participants before receiving dance movement therapy was 10.08 decreasing to 8.08 after intervention. Conclusion: Dance movement therapy can have the potential of minimizing depressive symptoms amongst the older people in long term residual care. In addition, further attention in future since dance therapy holds substantial promise in assisting the older people in improving their depressive symptoms. We recommend larger scale rigorous research studies in this area to fully examine the effectiveness and efficacy of this novel form of exercise intervention.

Includes bibliographical references.
保密資料1年
公開日期: 2023年9月1日

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ABSTRACT
Objective: To study the willingness of undergraduate nursing students to participate in anti-epidemic volunteering and its influencing factors in Macao. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted to explore the willingness of undergraduate nursing students to volunteer themselves for anti-epidemic activities from November 23, 2021 to February 1, 2022. Targeted sampling and snowball sampling methods were used to recruit students from Bachelor of Science in Nursing Programme (BSN) in two nursing education institutes of Academic Year 2021-2022 in Macao and they participated through completing an online self-administered Chinese-modified Blackwood questionnaire. Results: 234 valid responses were received. Macao nursing students reported high willingness (75.6%) to anti-epidemic volunteering. There was a statistically significant difference among those influencing factors, such as roles in volunteering, knowledge level, moral obligation, student barriers, self and family safety, peer influence and professional identity, and the willingness to respond to anti-epidemic volunteering (p<0.001).In the logistic regression model, respondents were more likely to volunteer when they had clear volunteering role (OR=5.494, 95% CI: 2.328-12.964), volunteering experience more than 1 time (OR=7.611, 95% CI: 2.557-22.659), family who had vaccination and preventive measures (OR=3.080, 95% CI: 1.295-7.324), and their professional identity with altruism (OR=2.701, 95% CI: 1.130-6.456). The concepts of the three dimensional process of risk perception theory were affirmed. Conclusion: Undergraduate nursing students’ willingness to respond to the epidemic through volunteering is worth to being promoted. They could become a great support to the healthcare system that is definitely beneficial to the society as a whole. On top of that, the consolidation of professional identity and belief in altruism could positively interact with emergency volunteerism. It is indeed priceless for the nursing students to have the potential for personal and professional growth.