Research on the memory intervention to dysmnesia of elderly people in community / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effects of the memory intervention on dysmnesia of elder people in 6 months as well as the intervention method and intervention duration. Methods 100 elderly people in Tangshan communities with memory impairment, with score less than 22 by Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test Second Edition( RBMT Ⅱ) ,were randomly selected and divided into the intervention group(n=50) and control group( n =50). The intervention group were given personalized memory training while the control group just went its normal course. Each group was evaluated with score by RBMT Ⅱ after 3 and 6 months respectively. All the data were made analysis of variance and t test using SPSS 13.0 software. Results After 6 months of intervention, the evaluation scores in the following aspects of the standard score, immediate story recalling, immediate route recalling, letter recalling,orientation, date and appointments recalling, delayed story recalling, name recalling and the hidden recalling were significantly higher than those of control group(P＜ 0. 01 or P＜ 0.05 ). The scores in the standard score,immediate story recalling, imformation recalling, appointments recalling, delayed story recalling, name recalling after 6 months of intervention were significantly higher than those before intervention(P＜ 0.01 or P＜ 0.05). The RBMT Ⅱ score increased significantly from (17.10±2.38 ) before the intervention to ( 19.90 ±2.17) after 3 months of intervention and to( 21.63 ± 1.45 ) after 6 months (P＜0.01). Conclusion Memory intervention is an effective method worthy to be widely spread in the communities in improving the memory of elderly people with dysmnesia.