THE EFFECT OF COGNITIVE TRAINING GROUP PROGRAM ON COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
Keywords:
cognitive function, cognitive training group program, schizophrenic patients, cognitive impairmentAbstract
Objective: To compare cognitive function in schizophrenic patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
who received the Cognitive Training Group Program among baseline, immediately after and 2–week after this
program. Moreover, to compare cognitive function between patients who received the Cognitive Training Group Program with those who received conventional nursing care.
Material and Methods: The quasi-experimental, two-group, pretest-posttest design was conducted. Schizophrenia with MCI, age under 60 who admitted to the Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry were eligible for inclusion. Among these, 35 subjects were selected by purposive sampling. Eighteen subjects were assigned to an experimental group and 17 subjects to the control group. The instruments used in this research were general questionnaire and MoCA-T. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics (mean, percentage) and t-test.
Results: After attending the Cognitive Training Group Program, patients in experimental group had cognitive
function scores (MOCA-T) more than control group at the statistical significance level of 0.05. For immediately
after program, MOCA-T score of experimental and control group were 21.7 ± 2.32 and 17.7 ± 2.52, respectively. Moreover, 2 weeks after this program, MOCA-T score of experimental and control group were was 20.0 ± 2.82 and 17.0 ± 3.02, respectively.
Conclusion: The Cognitive Training Group Program is an effective intervention for improving cognitive function in schizophrenic patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). However, long-term evaluation should be done for monitoring long-term outcome of the program.
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