View Article |
Effectiveness of cognitive enhancement gymnastics program for the elderly with dementia: Senam A-Pik pre-experiment project
Mustika Fitri1, Upik Rahmi2, Afianti Sulastri3, Surdiniaty Ugelta4, Hana Astria Nur5.
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate if a gymnastics called Senam A-Pik may help persons with MCI (mild cognitive impairment) or dementia improve their cognitive results. Senam A-Pik is developed for stimu- lating cognitive capacity of elderly through gymnastics which accompanied by traditional classical music. Methods: Twenty participants were selected from a population of 78 elderly people studied. They were selected based on their MMSE scores, starting within the MCI category (18–23) and those with chronic disease were excluded. The parti- cipants took part in gymnastics during the period from July to September 2019, three times a week for 2x16 minutes each. Senam A-Pik is a fun and innovative way of exercise that can help dementia patients should be more phy- sically active. While enjoying their favourite music, the participants did the exercise for 36 sessions with a frequency of 3 times a week. Their cognitive scores were reassessed after 12 weeks of training. Results: We found that Senam A-Pik had a considerable impact on the participants’ cognitive function improvement at the 99% confidence level (α <0.01). Conclusion: This gymnastic model gives a beneficial improvement, both on cognitive and physical aspect which is an excellent method for getting persons with dementia to engage in physical activity.
Affiliation:
- Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, 40154, Bandung, Indonesia
- Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, 40154, Bandung, Indonesia
- Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, 40154, Bandung, Indonesia
- Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, 40154, Bandung, Indonesia
- STKIP Muhammadiyah Kuningan, 45511, Kuningan, Indonesia
|
|
Indexation |
Indexed by |
MyJurnal (2021) |
H-Index
|
3 |
Immediacy Index
|
0.000 |
Rank |
0 |
Indexed by |
Scopus 2020 |
Impact Factor
|
CiteScore (0.2) |
Rank |
Q4 (Medicine (all)) |
Additional Information |
SJR (0.144) |
|
|
|