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The Effect of the Medication Management Service On the Cognitive Change and Community Service Usage
Article in En | WPRIM | ID: wpr-925368
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ABSTRACT
Objective@#The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of medication management as a method of early intervention in dementia. @*Methods@#This study used data of survey and Mini-Mental State Examination for Dementia Screening score of 46 dementia patients given medication management. Participants were separated into three groups based on the duration of medication management. Then we compared the change in cognitive ability and the frequency of community service usage. @*Results@#The decline of Mini-Mental State Examination score that each group reported was -0.93±2.69, -1.38±1.71, and -1.00± 3.52 and there was no significant difference. In terms of the community service, after being given the medication management, the usage of community service increased. @*Conclusion@#Continuous medication management might relieved the decrease of cognitive ability and encourage dementia patients to participate in community service.
Full text: 1 Index: WPRIM Language: En Journal: Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry Year: 2022 Type: Article
Full text: 1 Index: WPRIM Language: En Journal: Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry Year: 2022 Type: Article