EL ENTRENAMIENTO COGNITIVO EN LOS ANCIANOS Y EFECTOS EN LAS FUNCIONES EJECUTIVAS
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| contents | EL ENTRENAMIENTO COGNITIVO EN LOS ANCIANOS Y EFECTOS EN LAS FUNCIONES EJECUTIVAS Regina Maria Fernandes Lopes Irani I. de Lima Argimon Psicología aging elderly neuropsychology Cognitive training executive functions Aging is commonly associated with cognitive decline and loss of other abilities, which leads to the need for researching elements that may contribute to preventive cognitive rehabilitation interventions aiming to guarantee the elderly a good quality of life. The objective of this study is to characterize elderly who enrolled in this intervention, to measure the effects of cognitive training with emphasis on executive functions, by comparing an Experimental to a Control group. This is a quantitative research that used a quasi-experimental design; it is correlational and comparative, involving pre- and posttesting and intervention. The sample was formed by 83 elders, split into an Experimental Group (EG) (45 people) and a Control Group (GC) (38 people). The instruments used were the following: a neuropsychological semi-structured interview about sociodemographic characteristics; Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE); Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI); Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS); WAIS-III subtests: Digit Span, Vocabulary, Block Design, Coding, Letter-Number Sequencing (LNS), and Symbol Search; Trail Making Test (TMT); Ray Complex Figures; Sternberg Paradigm; verbal fluency tasks about semantics (animals) and phonemes (F-A-S); Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test (RVLT); Stroop Test: colors and words; go/ no go tasks; and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). The results from the comparison between groups showed that there was a significant difference regarding the number of errors in the Sternberg Paradigm and Completed Categories of the WCST. Intragroup comparisons showed that the EG had better results after the intervention on the following tests: GDS, RAVLT, Rey Complex Figures (memory), Digit Span and Vocabulary. 2016 artículo científico 0123-9155 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=79847072008 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/798/79847072008/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/798/79847072008/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/798/79847072008/79847072008.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/798/79847072008/movil es http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=798 Acta Colombiana de Psicología application/pdf Universidad Católica de Colombia Acta Colombiana de Psicología (Colombia) Num.2 Vol.19 |
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| spellingShingle | EL ENTRENAMIENTO COGNITIVO EN LOS ANCIANOS Y EFECTOS EN LAS FUNCIONES EJECUTIVAS Regina Maria Fernandes Lopes Psicología aging elderly neuropsychology Cognitive training executive functions EL ENTRENAMIENTO COGNITIVO EN LOS ANCIANOS Y EFECTOS EN LAS FUNCIONES EJECUTIVAS Regina Maria Fernandes Lopes Irani I. de Lima Argimon Psicología aging elderly neuropsychology Cognitive training executive functions Aging is commonly associated with cognitive decline and loss of other abilities, which leads to the need for researching elements that may contribute to preventive cognitive rehabilitation interventions aiming to guarantee the elderly a good quality of life. The objective of this study is to characterize elderly who enrolled in this intervention, to measure the effects of cognitive training with emphasis on executive functions, by comparing an Experimental to a Control group. This is a quantitative research that used a quasi-experimental design; it is correlational and comparative, involving pre- and posttesting and intervention. The sample was formed by 83 elders, split into an Experimental Group (EG) (45 people) and a Control Group (GC) (38 people). The instruments used were the following: a neuropsychological semi-structured interview about sociodemographic characteristics; Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE); Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI); Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS); WAIS-III subtests: Digit Span, Vocabulary, Block Design, Coding, Letter-Number Sequencing (LNS), and Symbol Search; Trail Making Test (TMT); Ray Complex Figures; Sternberg Paradigm; verbal fluency tasks about semantics (animals) and phonemes (F-A-S); Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test (RVLT); Stroop Test: colors and words; go/ no go tasks; and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). The results from the comparison between groups showed that there was a significant difference regarding the number of errors in the Sternberg Paradigm and Completed Categories of the WCST. Intragroup comparisons showed that the EG had better results after the intervention on the following tests: GDS, RAVLT, Rey Complex Figures (memory), Digit Span and Vocabulary. 2016 artículo científico 0123-9155 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=79847072008 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/798/79847072008/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/798/79847072008/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/798/79847072008/79847072008.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/798/79847072008/movil es http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=798 Acta Colombiana de Psicología application/pdf Universidad Católica de Colombia Acta Colombiana de Psicología (Colombia) Num.2 Vol.19 |
| title | EL ENTRENAMIENTO COGNITIVO EN LOS ANCIANOS Y EFECTOS EN LAS FUNCIONES EJECUTIVAS |
| topic | Psicología aging elderly neuropsychology Cognitive training executive functions |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=79847072008 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/798/79847072008/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/798/79847072008/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/798/79847072008/79847072008.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/798/79847072008/movil |