Open AccessEFFECTS OF TELEREHABILITATION ON EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS IN ELDERLY WITH DEMENTIA: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Author(s) -
Décio Bueno Neto,
Carolina Tsen,
Renata Gerassi,
Jéssica Bianca Aily,
Mariana Alves Porto,
Juliana Hotta Ansai,
Grace Angélica de Oliveira Gomes,
Larissa de Andrade
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
dementia and neuropsychologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.54
H-Index - 21
ISSN - 1980-5764
DOI - 10.5327/1980-5764.rpda092
Subject(s) - telerehabilitation , dementia , intervention (counseling) , executive functions , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , test (biology) , randomized controlled trial , psychology , medicine , cognition , telemedicine , health care , psychiatry , disease , surgery , paleontology , economics , biology , economic growth , pathology
Background: Telerehabilitation (TR) can be an alternative of safe health intervention for elderly with dementia, however, there’s no studies in Brazil involving this theme. Objective: To analyze the effects of TR on executive functions in elderly people with dementia. Methods: Ten elderly people with dementia were randomized into two groups: Telerehabilitation (TG) (n=5) and Control (CG) (n=5), being followed for 12 weeks. The TG received systematic cognitive and physical exercises with professional monitoring, while the CG received non-systematized guidance. Participants were assessed pre, immediately after three-month and after a follow-up of 3 months, obtaining the Clock Drawing test (CDT) to assess executive functions. Results: In the pre-intervention, the mean performance of the CG was 5.4±2.9 and of the GT was 5.4±3.2. In the evaluation right after the intervention, the CG mean maintained (5.4±3.0), while the TG showed an improvement in the performance of the CDT, with a mean of 7.2±2.5. Finally, after three months of follow-up, the CG had a worsening with a mean of 4.2±3.1) while the TG had a slight reduction mean of 6.4±2.8.The twoway ANOVA statistical test showed that TG performance was better compared to the CG (p= 0.01). Conclusion: By the results presented, we can consider that the intervention was beneficial to the improvement of the subject’s executive functions.