[Cognitive stimulation workshops in old age: preliminary experience].
OBJECTIVE
To test the utility of cognitive stimulation in a group of healthy older people.


METHODS
A pilot study in 11 healthy women from Conchali council. All of them were evaluated before and after stimulation using Minimental State Examination of Folstein (MM), Memory Wechsler Scale (MW) and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS).


METHODS
Were selected from a group of regularly participants in center for seniors, aged 60 years or more (mean 66.6 years old), able to read and write (mean scholarship 5.3 years).


METHODS
16 workshop of 90 minutes, twice a week during 2 months. They had motivation pantomime plays, memory activities and so on.


RESULTS
Wilcoxon signed rank pre and post workshop for MM was -2.633 (p = 0.008), for MW was -2.938 (p = 0.003) and for GDS was -2.943 (p = 0.03).


CONCLUSIONS
Cognitive stimulation could be useful in older people. It is necessary to increase the sample.
Donoso
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Departamento de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile.
Molina
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Trujillo
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Vásquez
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Díaz
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D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
Talleres de estimulación cognitiva en adultos mayores. Experiencia preliminar.