Table 4.

Comparison of the effects of reminiscence therapy (N = 6)

Authors (year)	Theoretical framework	Research design	Intervention				Dependent variables (Study results)
			Type	Contents	Methods	No. of times & Length (min)
Cho (2001)	Cognitive, psychosocial development, and life review theory	Non-equivalent control group pre-posttest design	Group & Simple	Family and home, Disease and treatment, Religion	Sharing memories with others	4 times & 60 min	Life satisfaction (*), Self-esteem
Lee, Cho, Yoon, & Son (2008)	N/A	Non-equivalent control group pre-posttest design	Group & Life review	Hometown, Motivating of health, Family future plan	Sharing memories with others and Horticultural therapy	18 times & 120 min	Life satisfaction (*), Self-esteem (*), Depression (*), Physiological indicators (*)
Meléndez-Moral, Charco-Ruiz, Mayordomo-Rodríguez, & Sales-Galán (2013)	N/A	Non-equivalent control group pre-posttest design	Group & Simple	Hometown	Sharing memories with others	8 times & 60 min	Life satisfaction (*), Self-esteem (*), Depression (*), Psychological well- being (*)
Sok (2015)	N/A	Non-equivalent control group pre-posttest design	Individual & Life review	Hometown, Folk remedy, Philosophy and religion	Viewing pictures	4 times & 60 min	Quality of life (*), Cognitive function (*)
Yousefi, Sharifi, Tagharrobi, & Akbari (2015)	N/A	RCT	Group & Simple	All about personal life	Sharing memories with others	6 times & 120 min	Life satisfaction (*)
Viguer, Satorres, Fortuna, & Meléndez (2017)	N/A	Non-equivalent control group pre-posttest design	Group & Simple	All about an individual’s daily life	Sharing memories with others	10 times & 120 min	Depressed mood (*), Life satisfaction (*), Psychological well- being (*)

* P-value < 0.05