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노인 낮병원의 심리사회적 치료 프로그램이 노인의 신경인지기능과 우울 증상에 미치는 효과

Other Titles
 Therapeutic Effects of Psychosocial Programs in the Day Care Service on Cognitive Impairment and Depressive Symptoms in the Elderly Patients 
Authors
 유계준  ;  송정은  ;  오병훈  ;  안석균  ;  이홍식  ;  오희철  ;  구은형  ;  황혜숙  ;  이은철 
Citation
 Journal of the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association (신경정신의학), Vol.38(5) : 933-943, 1999 
Journal Title
Journal of the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association(신경정신의학)
ISSN
 1015-4817 
Issue Date
1999
Keywords
노인 낮병원
Abstract
Cognitive impairment and depression are the most common symptoms affecting the elderly on physical and mental states. Studies have shown that these symptoms in mild cases are improved by psychosocial intervention, emphasizing the importance of therapeutic intervention provided in the community. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the psychosocial program at a geriatric day care service has any therapeutic effect on the cognitive function and depressive symptoms in the elderly and whether such effect can be maintained. The experimental group was composed of 37 elderly patients attending the day care service at the mental health center located in Kwangju county, Kyonggi province. The control group was composed of 22 elderly patients who either refused intervention or who dropped out of the program. Cognitive function was assessed with the Korean version of the Mini-Mental State Exam(MMSE-K), and depressive symptoms were assessed with the Short-form Geriatric Depression Scale(SGDS). The experimental group and the control group were compared on the score of on each test, which was administered before and after the program and 10 weeks after discontinuation of program. In the experimental group, the scores acquired immediately after the program and at 10 weeks of follow-up were also compared. The results showed that psychosocial intervention at a geriatric day care service was significantly associated with the change in SGDS scores dependent on time but not significantly associated with the change in MMSE-K scores. In the experimental group whose follow-up assessment was possible, it was further shown that 43% of patients had increased SGDS scores 10 weeks after the program ended, indicating that depressive symptoms had worsened. This study suggests that psychosocial therapeutic intervention in the geriatric day care service improve depressive symptoms but not cognitive functions in the elderly. In addition, for a considerable percentage of subjects in the experimental group, the improvements in depressive symptoms were not sustained after the intervention was withdrawn. These findings proposes a need of strengthening therapeutic intervention to maintain such effect.
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Psychiatry (정신과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
An, Suk Kyoon(안석균) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4576-6184
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/174352
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