Article
The Effect of Occupational Therapy Based Multimodal Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy on Cognitive Function in Elderly People With Mild Dementia : A Randomized Controlled Trial
| e-ISSN | 2671-4450 |
| p-ISSN | 1226-0134 |
| Received | 2017-07-30 |
| Revised | 2017-08-21 |
| Accepted | 2017-09-28 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.14519/jksot.2017.25.3.06 |
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Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of occupational therapy based multimodal cognitive rehabilitation on cognitive function in elderly people with mild dementia. Methods: Forty mild dementia patients were randomly divided into occupational therapy based multimodal cognitive rehabilitation group and traditional intervention(cognitive stimulation and cognitive training) group. Both therapies were applied for 2 hours in a day and 2 times in a week for 7 weeks. To verify the effect of intervention, the following cognitive function evaluation measures used : Allen Cognitive Level Scale(ACLS), Korean version of Mini Mental State Examination(MMSE-K), Trail Making Test-A(TMT-A). Results: The ACLS score of the occupational therapy based multimodal cognitive rehabilitation group was significantly increased than traditional intervention(cognitive stimulation and cognitive training) group ( p <0.05). However, MMSE-K, TMT-A scores showed no significant differences between the two groups. Conclusion: Occupational therapy based multimodal cognitive rehabilitation is an effective intervention for improving higher cognitive function in mild dementia patients.