Department of Social Welfare, Gachon University, 1342 Seongnamdaero, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si 13120, Korea.
Chungcheongnam-do Public Agency for Social Service, 10-22, Yehak-ro, Sapgyo-eup, Yesan-gun 32416, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 29;19(7):4036. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19074036.
This study examined the effect of digital devices, exercise, and music intervention programs for the elderly in Korea on their cognition and depression.
This study selected 70 cognition programs and 46 depression programs for the elderly in Korea. This study controlled the characteristics of the programs and participants, and conducted a meta-regression analysis to estimate the intervention effect size of digital devices, exercise, and music on cognition and depression.
The meta-regression analysis revealed that digital device programs had a smaller effect size with respect to the improvement of cognitive functions than programs that did not use digital devices. The exercise programs had a small effect size on depression, but their effect size on cognition was not significantly different.
These findings provide implications for developing a program that combines music therapy with digital devices and exercise interventions, which can be effective in addressing both cognition and depression.
本研究旨在考察韩国针对老年人的数字设备、运动和音乐干预方案对其认知和抑郁的影响。
本研究选取了韩国 70 个认知方案和 46 个抑郁方案。本研究控制了方案和参与者的特征,并进行了荟萃回归分析,以估计数字设备、运动和音乐对认知和抑郁的干预效果大小。
荟萃回归分析显示,与不使用数字设备的方案相比,数字设备方案在改善认知功能方面的效果较小。运动方案对抑郁有较小的效果,但对认知的效果大小没有显著差异。
这些发现为开发一种将音乐疗法与数字设备和运动干预相结合的方案提供了启示,这种方案可能在解决认知和抑郁方面是有效的。