A Study on Effects of Dementia Prevention Program
AUTHORS
Young-Sun Park, Department of Nursing, Kyungbok University, 154 Sinpyeong-ro Sinbuk-myeon, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 11138, Korea
Young-Ju Jee, Department of Nursing, Kyungnam University, Woryeongbuk 16-gil Masanhappo-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do 631-701, Korea
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the effect of the dementia prevention program on the cognitive function, emotional function, and activity of daily living. The score of MMSE-DS (Mini-Mental State Examination-Dementia Scale), a tool for cognitive function assessment, increased statistically significantly. The score of SGDS-K (Short form Geriatric Depression scale-Korean version), which assessed emotional function, increased though it did not reach statistically significant level. The score of IADL (Instrumental Activity of Daily Living), a tool used to assess activities of daily living, showed statistically non-significant decrease. These results suggest that the program presented in this study is appropriate as a dementia prevention program and it is necessary to continuously develop and expand the program as a program for the prevention of dementia of the elderly.
KEYWORDS
Dementia, Dementia prevention, Cognitive function, Emotional function, Activity of daily living
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