Effect of Using the Visiting and Consulting Program for High-risk Elderly with Dementia in Mueang District, Kalasin Province
Keywords:
visiting and consulting program, dementia, elderlyAbstract
Background and Objective: This research was based on the home visits of the social medicine team at Kalasin Hospital. It was found that the number of elderly who were high-risk elderly with dementia was increasing in the community. As a result, the visiting team has established a counseling program and visits for elderly people who are at high risk of developing dementia. The purpose of this research was to study the effect of using the visiting and consulting program for high-risk elderly with dementia and compare the results.
Methods: A quasi-experimental study and simple sample sampling method was used, elderly people in Kalasin province, consisting of an experimental group and a control group, each of 153. Conducting on January - June 2023. Recording results from was used the tool in 8 parts, including personal information, montreal cognitive assessment, MMSE, Barthel activities of daily, living, karnofsky scale, MORSE, depressive scale and satisfaction scale. Data was analyzed by SPSS software compute programs. Statistics are frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and Independent t-test.
Results: Dementia and brain function mean score were significantly different at the p=.01 level. Satisfaction, ability to activities daily living, care needs and depression were significantly different at the p=.05 level. The risk of falls was not different. The satisfaction of the experimental group was very high. Both groups had dementia, cognitive impairment, care needs, and the risk of falls is normal levels. Ability daily living does not require dependency.
Conclusion: Mean scores of dementia, brain function, satisfaction, ability to activities daily living, care needs and depression in the group using the program different from the control group.
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