Effects of a bereavement intervention program in middle-aged widows in Korea.

Hee-Young Kang, Yang-Sook Yoo

Journal: Archives of psychiatric nursing 2007;21(3):132-40

PMID: 17556106

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Abstract

Dan-jeon is a meditative practice composed of both breathing and stretching exercises causing life energies to circulate blood throughout the body. Following a bereavement intervention program composed of Dan-jeon breathing sessions, a self-help group activity, and a health check, an experimental group showed significantly greater decrements in grief levels and symptoms of stress over a control group who received only a health check. Among the participants, there were no significant differences in immune response, percentages of T lymphocytes, helper T lymphocytes (Th), suppressor T lymphocytes (Ts), B lymphocytes, natural killer cells, monocytes, and Th:Ts ratios.

Address: Christian College of Nursing, Nam-gu, Gwangju, South Korea. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2006.12.007

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MeSH Terms: Adult, Anxiety, Bereavement, Breathing Exercises, Chi-Square Distribution, Curriculum, Depression, Female, Health Promotion, Humans, Korea, Life Change Events, Lymphocyte Count, Mass Screening, Middle Aged, Patient Education as Topic, Physical Examination, Program Evaluation, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Self-Help Groups, Statistics, Nonparametric, Stress, Psychological, Widowhood