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Effects of health education in the elderly with mild cognitive impairment
2018; Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem; Volume: 71; Issue: suppl 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0032
ISSN1984-0446
AutoresFrancine Golghetto Casemiro, Diana Monteiro Quirino, Maria Angélica Andreotti Diniz, Rosalina Aparecida Partezani Rodrigues, Sofía Cristina Iost Pavarini, Aline Cristina Martins Gratão,
Tópico(s)Nutritional Studies and Diet
Resumoto analyze the effects of health education on both cognition and depressive/anxiety symptoms in the elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).this is a randomized and controlled clinical trial. Participants (n=22) were recruited from a specialized outpatient clinic, and assigned into two groups: a Health Education Group (HEG) (n=10) and a Control Group (CG) (n=12). The participants were evaluated before and after the intervention, which was composed of classes and dynamics. The intervention consisted of 20 meetings, over a period of five months. The assessment was performed by means of the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination - Revised (ACER), the Mini-Mental State Examination to access participant's cognitive state, and the Beck's Scale to access depressive/anxiety symptoms. A Memory Complaints Scale (EQM) was also used. The analysis was carried out using the Student's t test for paired samples.the HEG group demonstrated an improvement in attention/orientation (p= 0,026), memory (p=0.001), language (p= 0.033), and ACE-R (p= 0.003). On the other hand, the CG did not present improvement.the results highlight the importance of non-pharmacological interventions in older adults with MCI to reduce cognitive deficits.
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