Promoting Health in Early-Stage Dementia Evaluation of a 12-Week Course
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Linda L. Buettner, Professor (Creator)
- Suzanne Fitzsimmons, Research Associate for the GWEP (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This project tested a 12-week health promotion course for older adults with early- stage dementia. In a quasi-experimental design, participants were assigned by site to intervention group or control group and evaluated at two time points. Mini- Mental State Examination scores, Geriatric Depression Scale scores, health behaviors, plus several measures of psychological well-being were used in this study. In the independent samples t-test analysis, significant positive change was found from pretest to posttest for the treatment group on cognition and depression. A chi square analysis found several significant positive differences in health behaviors for the treatment group.
Promoting Health in Early-Stage Dementia Evaluation of a 12-Week Course
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Journal of Gerontological Nursing
- Language: English
- Date: 2009
- Keywords
- Public Health, Dementia