Resultados de la estimulación cognitiva grupal en el deterioro cognitivo leve: estudio preliminar
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2010
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Llanero-Luque, M., Montejo-Carrasco., P., Montenegro-Peña, M., Fernández-Blázquez, M.A. y Ruiz-Sánchez de León, J.M. (2010). Resultados de la estimulación cognitiva grupal en el deterioro cognitivo leve: estudio preliminar. Alzheimer, Realidades e Investigación en Demencias, 46, 15-23.
Abstract
El deterioro cognoscitivo leve (DCL) es una entidad que ayuda a identificar a aquellos individuos que tienen mayor probabilidad de desarrollar una demencia. La estimulación cognitiva se ha planteado como un posible tratamiento, con la finalidad de mejorar su rendimiento cognitivo y retrasar así la evolución a demencia. Se seleccionan 38 pacientes con diagnóstico de DCL para evaluar la eficiencia de un programa de estimulación cognitiva. Para ello, se realiza una evaluación pre y postintervención. Tras la estimulación cognitiva, se observa una tendencia a la mejoría en casi todas las puntuaciones de los test. El análisis de los resultados mostró una mejoría estadísticamente significativa en la puntuación del MMSE, Percentil del Test de los 7 minutos (así como en varios de sus subtest, como Memoria Libre, Fluidez Verbal y Test del Reloj) y Lista de Palabras de la Wechsler Memory Scale-III (WMS-III) (tanto en el recuerdo demorado como en el aprendizaje total). Se observó que la puntuación de aprendizaje de la Lista de Palabras de la WMSIII era capaz de predecir un mayor rendimiento tras la estimulación cognitiva. Por ello, la intervención cognitiva podría ser una actividad efectiva y exenta de efectos adversos en el tratamiento de los pacientes con DCL.
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a concept that helps identifying those individuals who are most likely to develop dementia. Cognitive therapy has been suggested as a possible treatment in order to improve cognitive performance and to delay dementia development. In this study, 38 MCI patients have been selected to evaluate the effectiveness of a cognitive therapy throughout two evaluations: before and after the action. After cognitive therapy an improvement in almost every test results has been observed. Results analysis showed a statistically significant improvement in results obtained in MMSE, 7 Minute Screen (as well as in several of its subtests: Free Recall, Verbal Fluency, and Clock Drawing), and Wechsler Memory Scale-III (WMS-III) word lists (both in delayed memory and general learning). It can also be observed that learning scores in WMS-III word lists can predict a better performance after cognitive therapy. Due to the results obtained, cognitive therapy could be an effective, and free from adverse effects, activity in MCI patients’ treatment.
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a concept that helps identifying those individuals who are most likely to develop dementia. Cognitive therapy has been suggested as a possible treatment in order to improve cognitive performance and to delay dementia development. In this study, 38 MCI patients have been selected to evaluate the effectiveness of a cognitive therapy throughout two evaluations: before and after the action. After cognitive therapy an improvement in almost every test results has been observed. Results analysis showed a statistically significant improvement in results obtained in MMSE, 7 Minute Screen (as well as in several of its subtests: Free Recall, Verbal Fluency, and Clock Drawing), and Wechsler Memory Scale-III (WMS-III) word lists (both in delayed memory and general learning). It can also be observed that learning scores in WMS-III word lists can predict a better performance after cognitive therapy. Due to the results obtained, cognitive therapy could be an effective, and free from adverse effects, activity in MCI patients’ treatment.