program of some recreational activities to alleviate Severity of anxiety in the elderly

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Division 2, Mohandessin Street, Kafr El Sheikh Governorate

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The research aims to implement a program of some recreational activities to alleviate Severity of anxiety in the elderly. The researcher used the two-group experimental approach (control - experimental). Time boundaries 2020/2021. the Spatial boundaries, Al-Wafa House for the Elderly, at the Health Improvement Association - Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate. The research community included 80 elderly people and residents of the Al-Wafa Home for the Elderly in the Health Improvement Association in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate. The research sample included (60) who were deliberately selected from (the athletes) elderly residents of the Home of Wafa for the Elderly at the Health Improvement Association in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, 55.56% of the community size. The pilot study was conducted on 20 elderly people. The basic study it was also conducted on 40 elderly people, they were divided into two groups, the first was the experimental group, which consisted of 20 elderly people, and the second group, the control group, which consisted of 20 elderly people. the researcher used Questionnaire Alleviating anxiety in older persons as a data collection tool. The basic study was applied in the period from 7/12/2020 until 14/1/2021. The most important results were the relief Severity of anxiety in the elderly as a result of using the program.

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