Brain Gym Improves Cognitive Function for Elderly With Demensia
Date
2019-09-07Metadata
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Background: Dementia is a combine of clinical symptoms caused by various background diseases and is characterized by loss of shortterm
memory,
global
disorders,
mental
functions
(including
language
functions),
withdrawal
of
abstract
thinking
skills,
difficulty
in
caring
for
himself,
behavioral
changes,
emotional
instability
and
loss
of
time
recognition
and
place.
Brain
gym
is
one
of
the
exercises
to
improve
cognitive
performance
on
elderly
with
dementia.
Objectives:
This
study
was
to
determine
the
effect
of
brain
gym
on
cognitive
performance
on
elderly
with
dementia
in
Social
Service
Unit
Tresna
Werdha
Jember.
Methods:
A
Quasy
Experimental
design
was
done
to
conduct
30
elderly
with
dementia
were
recruited
using
purposive
sampling
divided
into
2
groups,
experimental
and
control
group.
The
independent
variable
of
research
this
study
was
brain
gym
and
the
dependent
variable
was
cognitive
function
at
elderly.
Data
were
collected
by
using
MMSE
score
and
then
analyzed
using
Wilcoxon
Signed
Rank
Test
with
level
of
significance
α
≤
0.05.
Results:
The
results
identified
a
significant
influence
between
the
implementation
of
Brain
Gym
to
improve
cognitive
function
in
the
elderly
with
dementia.
Conclusion:
Brain
gym
increase
cognitive
performance
on
elderly
with
dementia.
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- LSP-Conference Proceeding [1877]