title: [The effects of a cognitive behavior program on cognition, depression, and activities of daily living in elderly with cognitive impairment].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to investigate the effects of a cognitive behavior program on cognition, depression, and activities of daily living in elderly with Cognitive Impairment.
  
  
  METHODS
  The research design was a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. There were 21 subjects in the experimental group and 19 in the control group among 40 senior residents in a Hall for the elderly in the city of S. The subjects scores ranged from 15 to 23 on the MMSE-K (Korean Version of Mini-Mental State Examination) over age 65. The length of time for data collection and intervention was from June 26 to September 1, 2006. The cognitive behavior program consisted of 'Facing problem behavior', 'Searching for a coping skill', and 'Training in the coping skill'. It was applied to the experimental group twice a week, fifty minutes per session for six weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cognition (t=-4.232, p< .001) and IADL (t=-2.939, p< .01) in the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group. Depression in the experimental group was significantly less than the control group (t=3.870, p< .01). However, ADL in the experimental group was not significantly higher than the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings confirmed that a cognitive behavior program contributed to improving cognition and IADL, and to reducing depression in the elderly with Cognitive Impairment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Eulji University, Korea.
authors.forename: Su Kyong
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Jang Hak
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Chung Yul
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000368:Aged; D003071:Cognition; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008960:Models, Psychological