TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-pharmacological motor-cognitive treatment to improve the mental health of elderly adults
AU - Ponce, Javiera
AU - Latín, Claudia
AU - Leiva, Víctor
AU - Cortés, Guillermo
AU - Rodríguez, Fernando
AU - Jiménez, Christian E.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the editors and reviewers for their comments on this manuscript. This research work was partially supported by FONDECYT 1160868 grant from the Chilean government.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Associacao Medica Brasileira. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To propose a program of physical-cognitive dual task and to measure its impact in Chilean institutionalized elderly adults. METHOD: Experimental design study with pre and post-intervention evaluations, measuring the cognitive and depressive levels by means of the Pfeiffer test and the Yesavage scale, respectively. The program was applied for 12 weeks to adults between 68 and 90 years old. The statistical analysis was based on the nonparametric Wilcoxon test for paired samples and was contrasted with its parametric version. The statistical software R was used. RESULTS: Statistically significant differences were obtained in the cognitive level (p-value & 0.05) and highly significant (p-value & 0.001) in the level of depression with both tests (parametric and nonparametric). CONCLUSION: Due to the almost null evidence of scientific interventions of programs that integrate physical activity and cognitive tasks together in Chilean elderly adults, a program of physical-cognitive dual task was proposed as a non-pharmacological treatment, easy to apply and of low cost to benefit their integral health, which improves significantly the cognitive and depressive levels of institutionalized elderly adults.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To propose a program of physical-cognitive dual task and to measure its impact in Chilean institutionalized elderly adults. METHOD: Experimental design study with pre and post-intervention evaluations, measuring the cognitive and depressive levels by means of the Pfeiffer test and the Yesavage scale, respectively. The program was applied for 12 weeks to adults between 68 and 90 years old. The statistical analysis was based on the nonparametric Wilcoxon test for paired samples and was contrasted with its parametric version. The statistical software R was used. RESULTS: Statistically significant differences were obtained in the cognitive level (p-value & 0.05) and highly significant (p-value & 0.001) in the level of depression with both tests (parametric and nonparametric). CONCLUSION: Due to the almost null evidence of scientific interventions of programs that integrate physical activity and cognitive tasks together in Chilean elderly adults, a program of physical-cognitive dual task was proposed as a non-pharmacological treatment, easy to apply and of low cost to benefit their integral health, which improves significantly the cognitive and depressive levels of institutionalized elderly adults.
KW - Cognitive Impairment. Depression. Dual Task. Elderly People. Physical Activity
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U2 - 10.1590/1806-9282.65.3.394
DO - 10.1590/1806-9282.65.3.394
M3 - Article
C2 - 30994839
AN - SCOPUS:85064987741
SN - 0104-4230
VL - 65
SP - 394
EP - 403
JO - Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira
JF - Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira
IS - 3
ER -