Intervention for psychophysiological well-being of older adults - A pilot study Selvaraj P.1, Sasi V.2 1Vinayaka Mission's College of Nursing, Puducherry 2Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation, Salem, (T.N.) Online Published on 2 February, 2024. Abstract The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of interventions on the psychophysiological well-being of 30 older adults, aged 60 years and above selected by random sampling method 15 elderly subjects weregiven intervention (experimental group, 9 males and 6 females) and 15 subjects were not given any intervention (control group, 12 males and 3 females). The research tool used in this study was an interview schedule, consisting of two parts: Part I dealt with the demographic characteristics of older adults, while Part II comprised the Modified Psychophysiological Wellbeing scale, developed by the McKinley Health Centre, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2000). An interview technique was adapted to collect data from the elderly. Older people in the experimental group received interventions (comprising exercises, counseling, and reminiscence therapy), while those in the control group continued with their routine activities. Post-test data were collected from older people in both groups after one month. The results indicated that significant improvements were observed after the intervention in physiological well-being, psychological well-being, and social well-being. Moreover, the overall psychophysiological well-being of the older adults also demonstrated improvement in well-being (t = 4.623, P < 0.05) after engaging in the intervention activities. Top Keywords Physiological Well-being, Psychological Well-Being, Social Well-Being, Psychophysiological Well-Being, Older Adults, Elderly, Interventions. Top |