Background and Objective : Electroconvulsive Therapy is a psychiatric treatment in which a group of professions including anesthesia, psychiatry and nursing are needed. One of the most important nursing cares is patient education, especially about having temporary cognitive impairment occurred after ECT. This study investigated the effect of training on cognitive status of patients undertaken ECT.

  Material and Methods : This pre-experimental study was conducted on 74 patients, first treated with electroconvulsive therapy, who were placed randomly in two equal groups of case and control . In case group, we used pamphlet, images and lecture to give information. Patients’ cognitive status was assessed before ECT and twenty-four hours after the first, third and sixth sessions. The data was collected by a questionnaire called MMSE cognitive status and analyzed by Repeated measurement and t-test.

  Results: There is significant difference between cognitive status of case and controls­ (p > 0/01) 24 hours after the first and third treatment session s , but no changes for sixth session.

  Conclusion: lack of knowledge results in fear and disturbances, which in turn leads to exacerbating of cognitive problems. Thus, nurses are required to give the patients adequate information before ECT .

  Keywords: Education , Electroconvulsive therapy, Cognitive status

  Background and Objective : Ageing is a sensitive period of life, and attention to the needs and an issue of this stage is a social necessity. The loneliness caused by lack of social relationship impacts on physical health, quality of life and life satisfaction of the elderly. Because of importance of this problem, we aimed at determining the relationship between loneliness and life satisfaction in elder people.

  Material and Methods : In study descriptive-correlational study, 100 senior citizens living in Gorgan and Gonbad were selected via purposive sampling. ­We collected the data by loneliness and life satisfaction questionnaires and analyzed by descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon test, and Spearman correlation coefficient.

  Results: The mean and SD (14±6) of loneliness are high and of life satisfaction are average (24±7). Based on spearman, the correlation between loneliness and life satisfaction is significant (p<0.01, r= 0.6). Also, there is significant difference between life satisfaction and education al level (p<0.01 ( .

  Conclusion: In line with this study clarified the effect of loneliness on life satisfaction, we recommend having continual contact with the elderly to recognize their social relationships and beliefs, family and health staff training about aging to enhance the perceptive interactions and designing some educational, therapeutic and rehabilitation programs.

  Keywords: Loneliness ، Life satisfaction ، Elderly