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Effect of Paper-Based Cognitive Training in Early Stage of Alzheimer's Dementia.
Kang, Min Ju; Kim, So Min; Han, Seo Eun; Bae, Ji Hyun; Yu, Woo Jin; Park, Min Young; Ku, Seongsu; Yang, YoungSoon.
Afiliação
  • Kang MJ; Department of Neurology, Veterans Medical Research Institute, Veterans Health Service Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
  • Kim SM; Hanam City Public Health Center, Hanam, Korea.
  • Han SE; Hanam City Public Health Center, Hanam, Korea.
  • Bae JH; Hanam City Public Health Center, Hanam, Korea.
  • Yu WJ; Hanam City Public Health Center, Hanam, Korea.
  • Park MY; Hanam City Public Health Center, Hanam, Korea.
  • Ku S; Hanam City Public Health Center, Hanam, Korea.
  • Yang Y; Department of Neurology, Veterans Medical Research Institute, Veterans Health Service Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Dement Neurocogn Disord ; 18(2): 62-68, 2019 Jun.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31297136
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND

PURPOSE:

Cognitive training refers to a series of standardized tasks with inherent challenges that target specific cognitive domains. Positive outcome of cognitive training in persons with Alzheimer's disease has been reported. In this study, the objective was to design sets of cognitive training program, "Gipum-seo" which is combined cognitive training, consists of different levels of difficulty using predesigned paper-and-pencil exercises. Also, to evaluate the effects of the cognitive training on patients' with early stage of Alzheimer's disease.

METHODS:

The subjects for this study were forty participants who were diagnosed with early stage of Alzheimer's dementia. To test the efficacy of paper-based cognitive training programs to cognition, all patients were randomly grouped to either an intervention group (n=20) or a control group (n=20). The intervention group regularly received 24 sessions of paper-based cognitive training over a 12-week period. Neuropsychological examinations were conducted before and after this training period.

RESULTS:

After the 12 weeks, the intervention group showed a significant change in Korean version of the Mini-Mental State Examination (25.90±3.8), compared to the control group (23.7±2.8) (p=0.042). The training group also showed a significant improvement in language, attention and executive function, as compared with controls.

CONCLUSIONS:

Paper-based cognitive training might have beneficial effects on the general cognitive functions in the early stage of Alzheimer's dementia.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Dement Neurocogn Disord Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Dement Neurocogn Disord Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article