The Effects of Cognitive Declining Prevention Program for the Older Adults in Community, Wat Salut Health Promoting Hospital Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan Province
Keywords:
Cognitive Declining Prevention Program, The older adults, DementiaAbstract
This study was a quasi-experimental research with two group pretest-posttest design. The sample groups were 60 older adults, selected by simple random sampling within inclusion criteria. They were divided into a control group and an experimental group, each consisting of 30 people. The experimental group were intervened with cognitive declining prevention program consisting of 8 brain training activities, while the control group were received only dementia knowledge of cognitive declining prevention and normal nursing intervention. The tools included Cognitive declining prevention program with an Index of item-objective congruence (IOC) 1.0, Thai Geriatric Depression Scale (TGDS) with a reliability of 0.93, Thai version of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) with a reliability of 0.93, and the Clock Drawing Test (CDT) with a reliability of 0.75. Data were analyzed by using statistics, including percentage, mean, standard deviation, paired samples test, and independent samples test.
The research found that the experimental group had significantly higher average scores of cognitive functions before and after participating in the program with statistical significance at the .05 level. When comparing the average scores of cognitive functions after the experiment, the experimental group had significantly higher scores than the control group at the .01 level. This shows that participating in the program can improve the brain function of the elders who suspected dementia. The program can be used to prevent dementia in the elders, which will improve their quality of life.
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