Lancioni Giulio, Singh Nirbhay, O'Reilly Mark, Zonno Nadia, Cassano Germana, De Vanna Floriana, De Bari Anna Laura, Pinto Katia, Minervini Mauro
Department of Psychology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Dev Neurorehabil. 2010;13(2):103-13. doi: 10.3109/17518420903468480.
To assess whether verbal-instruction technology could help persons with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease maintain their recaptured performance of daily activities.
This study followed nine patients who had participated in previous studies aimed at helping them recapture one or more functional daily activities (i.e. table setting, coffee, tea or snack preparation, use of make-up and shaving). The plan was to follow each patient for at least 6 months after the intervention, unless his/her condition called for an earlier end of the study.
The study was interrupted after 5 months for two patients who developed serious behavioural problems and continued for 6-14 months for the other seven patients who had largely accurate performance with some adaptations of instructions/steps. Most patients also showed mood improvement during activity.
Verbal-instruction technology might be considered a critical tool to help persons with Alzheimer's disease enhance their activity and mood.
评估言语指导技术是否有助于轻中度阿尔茨海默病患者维持其恢复的日常活动能力。
本研究跟踪了9名曾参与旨在帮助他们恢复一项或多项功能性日常活动（即摆餐具、冲泡咖啡、茶或点心、化妆和剃须）的先前研究的患者。计划是在干预后对每位患者至少随访6个月，除非其病情需要提前结束研究。
5个月后，两名出现严重行为问题的患者中断了研究，其他7名患者在对指导/步骤进行一些调整后表现基本准确，研究持续了6 - 14个月。大多数患者在活动期间情绪也有所改善。
言语指导技术可能被视为帮助阿尔茨海默病患者提高活动能力和改善情绪的关键工具。
