TY - JOUR
T1 - Outcomes of Expanded Cognitive Stimulation Therapy Group for Mild-Stage Dementia
T2 - Four-Month Follow-Up
AU - Young, Daniel Kim-wan
AU - Ng, Petrus Yat-nam
AU - Cheng, Daphne
AU - Kwok, Timothy
AU - Yang, Shuyan
AU - Ho, Florence
AU - Mak, Vivan
AU - Lau, Andrew
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - Purposes: This research aims to report the results of a 4-month follow-up study of an expanded cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) group that combines CST and Tai Chi on improving the cognitive abilities of community-dwelling Chinese elderly with mild-stage dementia (EwMD). Methods: Two-group pretest–posttest design was adopted in this study, involving 101 Chinese community-dwelling EwMD who had completed an expanded CST group conducted at a local elderly center. Cognitive abilities of the EwMD were assessed by standardized assessment tools at pretreatment (T1), posttreatment (T2), and the 4-month point after completion of treatment (T3). Results: The repeated-measures analysis of variance showed that after completing the expanded CST group, the improved cognitive abilities of participants could be maintained up to 4 months after the completion of treatment. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that treatment effects of the expanded CST group could be maintained up to 4 months after completion of treatment. © The Author(s) 2019.
AB - Purposes: This research aims to report the results of a 4-month follow-up study of an expanded cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) group that combines CST and Tai Chi on improving the cognitive abilities of community-dwelling Chinese elderly with mild-stage dementia (EwMD). Methods: Two-group pretest–posttest design was adopted in this study, involving 101 Chinese community-dwelling EwMD who had completed an expanded CST group conducted at a local elderly center. Cognitive abilities of the EwMD were assessed by standardized assessment tools at pretreatment (T1), posttreatment (T2), and the 4-month point after completion of treatment (T3). Results: The repeated-measures analysis of variance showed that after completing the expanded CST group, the improved cognitive abilities of participants could be maintained up to 4 months after the completion of treatment. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that treatment effects of the expanded CST group could be maintained up to 4 months after completion of treatment. © The Author(s) 2019.
KW - 4-month follow-up study
KW - cognitive functioning
KW - cognitive stimulation therapy
KW - dementia
KW - Tai chi
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U2 - 10.1177/1049731519859432
DO - 10.1177/1049731519859432
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 1049-7315
VL - 30
SP - 724
EP - 735
JO - Research on Social Work Practice
JF - Research on Social Work Practice
IS - 7
ER -