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[P2–568]: BALLROOM DANCING: A NONPHARMACOLOGICAL PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTION TARGETING NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS AND FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY IN ELDERLY FILIPINO WITH MCI
Author(s) -
Ora Del Moral Maria Clarissa,
Dominguez Jacqueline C.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.1227
Subject(s) - geriatric depression scale , dementia , medicine , depression (economics) , physical therapy , intervention (counseling) , activities of daily living , cohort , gerontology , population , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , cognition , disease , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics
time. Also, the number of exercise sessions completed strongly correlated with the postvs. pre-intervention increase in self-reported level of physical activity, as measured by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Conclusions: This study provides preliminary support for the feasibility of a home-based, subjectcontrolled, interactive exercise program in which pace/intensity level is regulated via real-time participant feedback. Further study is needed to determine if similar results are found over longer periods and whether this kind of exercise intervention is as clinically effective as traditional ones.