Karatay Gülnaz, Akkuş Yeliz
Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey.
West J Nurs Res. 2011 Feb;33(1):26-44. doi: 10.1177/0193945910371628. Epub 2010 Aug 27.
The purpose of this study was to test the effects of a multistimulant home-based intervention program on cognitive function, anxiety, and depression among older adults with cognitive impairment. This research is quasi-experimental and was designed in an effort to increase the cognitive capacity of individuals above the age of 60 with reduced cognitive capacities. Each senior received a total of seven home visits, including intervention conversation, newspaper/ book reading, painting/handcraft activities, and physical exercise. The Mini Mental State Test scores of the participants statistically increased, whereas the Beck Anxiety and the Geriatric Depression Scale scores showed a decrease (p < .05) after the intervention. Findings demonstrate that the multistimulant approach to improve cognitive capacity among individuals older than 60 years was successful.
本研究的目的是测试一项基于家庭的多刺激干预计划对认知功能受损的老年人的认知功能、焦虑和抑郁的影响。这项研究为准实验性研究，旨在提高60岁以上认知能力下降个体的认知能力。每位老年人共接受了七次家访，包括干预性对话、报纸/书籍阅读、绘画/手工活动和体育锻炼。干预后，参与者的简易精神状态测试得分在统计学上有所提高，而贝克焦虑量表和老年抑郁量表得分则有所下降（p < .05）。研究结果表明，采用多刺激方法提高60岁以上个体的认知能力是成功的。
