El efecto del formato de intervención individual o grupal en la estimulación cognitiva de pacientes con enfermedad de Alzheimer. = The effect of an individual or group intervention format in cognitive stimulation of patients with Alzheimer’s disease
Year of Publication 2010
Abstract
The study aimed to verify whether the format of an individual or group intervention, applied in a multimodal cognitive stimulation program (MCSP), had an impact on progression and behavioral disturbances associated with Alzheimer’s disease patients (AD). Forty-five participants diagnosed with probable AD were randomly divided into 3 groups. The performance of both experimental groups, receiving the MCSP either in individual or in group format, were compared with a control group with the use of a pre-post design on standard neuropsychological, functional and behavioral measures. Both MCSP groups achieved to significantly slow the progression of cognitive impairment and reduce behavioral symptoms associated with AD patients. However, the individual intervention format increases the benefits of the MCSP for AD patients in comparison with the group format. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). (journal abstract)