Effect of group integrated intervention program combined animal-assisted therapy and integrated elderly play therapy on live alone elderly.
Animal-assisted therapy
Cognitive functions
Depression
Group integrated intervention program
Integrated elderly play therapy
Journal
Journal of animal science and technology
ISSN: 2055-0391
Titre abrégé: J Anim Sci Technol
Pays: Korea (South)
ID NLM: 101661694
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2019
Nov 2019
Historique:
received:
05
11
2019
revised:
08
11
2019
accepted:
08
11
2019
entrez:
18
12
2019
pubmed:
18
12
2019
medline:
18
12
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of a group integrated intervention program that simultaneously conducts cognitive activities, physical activities, emotional activities and social interactions by integrating animal-assisted therapy (AAT) and integrated elderly play therapy based on the cognitive functions and depression of the elderly who live alone. This study follows a pre-test post-test design with a nonequivalent control group, to verify the effectiveness of a group integrated intervention. It applies a group integrated intervention program to 20 elderly people who live alone, aged 65 and above (10 in the experimental group, 10 in the control group), once a week for 90 minutes across eight weeks. The study went through MMSE-K, TMT-A and GDSSF-A to assess cognitive functions and the level of depression. The group integrated intervention increased the cognitive functions of the experimental group and decreased levels of depression. Therefore, this study verified that a group integrated intervention program of AAT and integrated play therapy of the elderly, is an effective for increasing cognitive functions and decreasing depression levels of the elderly who live alone. Based on these findings, the study suggests that there is a need to continuously expand group integrated intervention programs and provide relevant political support.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31844549
doi: 10.5187/jast.2019.61.6.379
pii: jast-61-6-379
pmc: PMC6906123
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
379-387Informations de copyright
© Copyright 2019 Korean Society of Animal Science and Technology.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.
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