Sensory Deprivation-Related Disorders Associated with Depression in Homemaker Women: A Comprehensive Integrative Review

This integrative review examines empirical and theoretical evidence linking sensory deprivation-like conditions—operationalized as reduced environmental stimulation, limited social interaction, and monotonous dailyroutines—with depressive symptoms and downstream psychological, cognitive, and physiological outcomes inhomemaker women. Searching major databases (PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science) for studiespublished 2000–2025, we included qualitative, quantitative and intervention studies that addressed sensory orsocial stimulation, depression, cognitive functioning, or physiological stress markers in women whose primary rolewas homemaking. Findings indicate consistent associations between reduced environmental and social stimulationand higher depressive symptomatology, poorer attention and memory performance, and elevated stress indicators(e.g., altered HRV and salivary cortisol). Interventions that enriched sensory and social environments—structuredactivity programs, group-based social engagement, and home-based behavioral activation—showed moderateimprovements in mood and cognitive outcomes. We discuss conceptual models (behavioral activation,environmental enrichment), methodological limitations, and implications for low-cost, culturally sensitiveinterventions to mitigate sensory-deprivation-related harms among homemaker women.Keywords: sensory deprivation, depression, homemaker women, environmental enrichment, cognitive outcomes,physiological stress