Comparison of digital and conventional life story books on mood, communication, cognition and quality of life in people with dementia in nursing homes : A pilot study

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INTRODUCTION: Person-centered care (PCC) includes life story, a form of reminiscence therapy that can be useful in the treatment of dementia. We compared the efficacy of using a digital or conventional life story book (LSB) on depressive symptoms, communication, cognition, and quality of life.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Thirty one persons with dementia living in 2 PCC nursing homes were randomly assigned to receive reminiscence therapy based on the Neural Actions digital LSB (n=16) or a conventional LSB (n=15). Both groups performed 2 weekly sessions of 45min for 5 weeks. Depressive symptoms were evaluated with the Cornell scale (CSDD); communication with the Holden scale (HCS), cognition with the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and quality of life with the quality of life scale for Alzheimer's (QoL-AD). The results were analyzed using ANOVA of repeated measures with the jamovi 2.3 program.

RESULTS: Both LSB improved communication skills (η2=0.115; p<0.001), with no differences between groups. No effects on quality of life, cognition, or mood were found.

CONCLUSIONS: In PCC centres digital or conventional LSB can be useful in the treatment of people with dementia by facilitating communication. Its role on quality of life, cognition or mood is uncertain.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Revista espanola de geriatria y gerontologia - 58(2023), 3 vom: 17. Mai, Seite 141-147

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Comparación de los libros de historia de vida digitales y convencionales sobre el estado de ánimo, la comunicación, la cognición y la calidad de vida en personas con demencia en residencias: un estudio piloto

Beteiligte Personen:

Doménech, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Rojano I Luque, Xavier [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez-Martínez, Iván [VerfasserIn]
Fernández, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Solé, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Palacios, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Alsina, Montserrat [VerfasserIn]
Heras, Eva [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atención centrada en la persona
Communication
Comparative Study
Comunicación
Demencia
Dementia
English Abstract
Estado de ánimo
Historia de vida
Journal Article
Life story
Mood
Person centered care
Reminiscence therapy
Terapia de reminiscencia

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.06.2023

Date Revised 21.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.regg.2023.04.005

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357107853