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KMID : 1040520120020010037
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Journal of Korean Society of Community-Based Occupational Therapy
2012 Volume.2 No. 1 p.37 ~ p.47
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Effects of the ROM dance on cognitive function, neuropsychiatric in using wheelchair senior in nursing home
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Song Byoung-Nam
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Abstract
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Objective : The purpose of this study was to identify Effects of the ROM dance on cognitive function, neuropsychiatric in using wheelchair senior in nursing home.
Methods : The subjects of the experimental group were 15 seniors using wheelchair who attended an ROM dance program in a nursing home. It was carried out for 18 weeks from Mar. 2010. to August. 2010. The evaluation tools used for the presented study were the Mini-Mental Status Exam-Korean(MMSE-K) and Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionaire (NPI-Q).
Results : In the terms of cognitive function there was no significant defference between the mean pre/post test. but the factor(orientation of time) of MMSE-K and the factors 2 (sleep/nighttime behavios, apathy/indefference) of NPI-Q was significant improvement.
Conclusion : In this study, the ROM dance program was effective in improving cognitive function and neuropsychiatric in seniors using wheelchair. also ROM dance program was decreasing and regression delay effect in cognitive and neuropsychiatric.
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KEYWORD
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ROM dance, ROM dance, senior, cognitive function, neuropsychiatric, wheelchair
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