期刊名称：Ovidius University Annals, Series Physical Education and Sport/Science, Movement and Health
印刷版ISSN：1224-7359
出版年度：2020
卷号：20
期号：2
页码：91-96
语种：English
出版社：Ovidius University Press
摘要：Objective. Dementia is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease, which produces a gradual alteration in both intellectual and emotional systems, starting from the tendency to lose recent memory, to total immobility, in the later stages. Over time, dementia brings the human body into total deterioration: cognitive, behavioral and functional. Our aim was to demonstrate the beneficial outcomes of the dance movement therapy in dementia patients for cognitive and emotional states. Methods. Our method consisted in assessing 4 sessions of dance movement therapy every week for 6 months. Patients with dementia were initially reluctant to this new non-drug therapy, but after the initial sessions, the group of 7 patients became uniform. We performed the Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale, The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Abbreviated Mental Test, Quality of life (QOL) and Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale. Results. Improvements have shown after the six months of dance movement therapy, mostly in the quality of life, emotional state and behavioral areas. The patients became more eager to come to sessions and their mood have changed, according to their caregivers. Conclusions. Based on the results obtained after performing the 6 months dance movement therapy in dementia patient, we can conclude that the application of physical-cognitive therapy in older adults with dementia, is prone to generate important beneficial clinical changes, therefore, it can be acknowledged as a nonpharmacological tool that has effects potential in the short term.
