The Effects of a Board Game Exercise Program on Cognitive Function in Older People
Keywords:
Older people, Cognition, A board game exercise programAbstract
The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to study the effect of a board game exercise program on cognitive function. The participants consisted of 48 older people who resided in Yang Talat District, Kalasin Province. Simple random sampling was used, and participants were divided into 2 groups, an experimental group and a control group, with 24 participants in each. The experimental group participated in the program for a duration of 6 weeks. The research tools consisted of a general information questionnaire; Barthel Activities of Daily Living; the Thai Geriatric Depression Scale; the Mini-Mental State Examination-Thai Version 2002; the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA); and the tool used in the experiment which was a brain exercise program with a board game. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics to calculate mean and percentage, and mean cognitive scores were compared using a paired t-test. The experimental group who participated in the program had a statistically significantly higher mean cognitive score than those of the control group (p < 0.05) and higher than before participating in the program (p < 0.05).
The results show that the board game exercise program could improve cognitive scores in older people. Therefore, this program could be useful to health personnel for enhancing cognitive function in the elderly in communities, sub-district senior citizens’ clubs, senior schools, and cooperatives with network partners in communities to have better cognitive function.
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