[The effects of a cognitive behavior program on cognition, depression, and activities of daily living in elderly with cognitive impairment].
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.
Chu
Su Kyong
SK
Department of Nursing, Eulji University, Korea.
Yoo
Jang Hak
JH
Lee
Chung Yul
CY
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