Title

Therapeutic benefits of katathym visualization technique on elderly bio-psychological concerns

Authors

Packiyalakshmi Muthuchamy¹, Vasudevan Venkatesh Mathankumar², Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran^3,*, Marudan Anbalagan⁴, Balasubramaniyan Srividhya⁵, Elilarasi Mani¹ & Gomathi Sivaprakash¹

Affiliation

¹Department of Psychiatric Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ²Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ³Department of Child Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁴Department of Child Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁵Department of Psychiatric Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Packiyalakshmi Muthuchamy - E-mail: sathbac@gmail.com
Vasudevan Venkatesh Mathan kumar - E-mail: VVMK752@gmail.com
Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran - E-mail: shankarshaki@yahoo.com.
Marudan Anbalagan - E-mail: anbalagan.avi@gmail.com
Balasubramaniyan Srividhya - E-mail: srusur@yahoo.com
Elilarasi Mani - E-mail: elilarasi99@gmail.com
Gomathi Sivaprakash - E-mail: sgomathi1988@yahoo.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2025; Revised August 31, 2025; Accepted August 31, 2025, Published August 31, 2025

Abstract

The effectiveness of Katathym Visualization Technique (KVT) in improving sleep quality and reducing psychological distress among elderly individuals in old age homes is of interest. A quasi-experimental design was conducted in Chennai with 60 participants, who were assigned to either the experimental (KVT) or control group. After four weeks of daily KVT sessions, 76.67% of the experimental group reported an improvement in sleep quality and 80% reported a reduction in psychological distress. KVT proved to be effective, suggesting its potential integration into elderly care. Future research should explore long-term effects and compare KVT with other interventions.

Keywords

Katathym visualization technique, bio-psychological concerns, elderly, old age homes

Citation

Muthuchamy et al. Bioinformation 21(8): 2566-2569 (2025)

Edited by

Ritik Kashwani

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.