Effects of Brain Exercise Activities through Line Group on Cognitive Function Among the Elderly of the Friends Help Friends Seniors Club in Songkhla Hospital, Songkhla Province
Keywords:
Brain Exercise Activities, Cognitive Functions, Line Group, ElderlyAbstract
One-group quasi-experimental research with a pretest-posttest design aimed to examine the effect of brain exercise activities through Line to test cognitive function among elderly of Friends Help Friends Seniors Club in Songkhla hospital, Songkhla province. The participants were 21 elderly in the "new normal" in Friends Help Friends Seniors Club. The research instruments were 1) a personal data form, 2) practice for preventing and slowing down the progression of dementia questionnaires, and 3) basic mental status examination (MMSE-Thai 2002). The brain exercise activities through line group consisted of comedy with storytelling, health education, games online for brain development, nostalgia, and individual homework assignment. There were eight weeks for activities, and the outcomes were evaluated at nine weeks. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test. The research results were as follows:
After participating in the brain exercise activities, the elderly brain functions average score was higher than before the participation in the program at p<.05
Brain exercise activities can apply to online communication as the line group for the elderly in the new normal era. Therefore, applying the research results in nursing practice in clinics and communities should be considered.
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