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KMID : 1139220190150010088
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Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation
2019 Volume.15 No. 1 p.88 ~ p.94
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Effects of exercise and nutrition education programs on motor function and eating habit in mild dementia patients
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Cho Min-Soo
Kim Ji-Youn
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of physical activity and nutrition education programs on mild dementia patients with changes in exercise function and eating habits. We examined the effects of pre and post program on 23 old patients with dementia who were diagnosed with menarche or mild dementia with the permission of the dementia center in Incheon city and visited from April to July 2017. The Mini-Mental State Examination score of the subjects in this study was 19.68 ± 3.25, consisting of mild dementia patients. After performing the program for 16 weeks, the senior fitness test showed a significant change in the arm curl test, chair sit-and-reach test, and 2-min step test, and a total score of mini nutrition assessment increased from 19.16 to 21.0. In particular, in a level 2 evaluation, which contains more details such as the condition of taking drugs, number of daily meals, protein food intake condition, intake of vegetables, fruit, and water, whether one can eat alone, and evaluation of nutritive condition, a significant increase from 9.78 to 11.28 was verified. There is a significant increase in nutrition condition recovery as a result of nutrition education. In comparing pre and post program, a significant result was confirmed, and there was significance to provide the basic empirical data for the exercise and dietary life nutritional education of mild dementia patients.
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KEYWORD
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Mild dementia patient, Exercise, Nutritional education, Exercise function, Eating habits
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