원예치료가 치매노인의 명령 및 구성행위에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of horticultural therapy on cognitive function of elderly people with dementia of day-care center. Twenty elderly people with dementia belonging to day-care center in this program as an experimental group and 10 people as a control group, and data were taken before and after horticultural therapy program(HTP). Cognitive function was evaluated by changes according to command and constructional praxis using ADAS-cog-K. As a result of the homogeneity of the control and the experimental group before the horticultural therapy program was implemented, it was found that the control and the experimental group showed the same group. On the level for command, the average was 3.33 before HTP, 2.10 after HTP at 4 weeks, 2.60 after 8 weeks and 1.98 after 12 weeks. On the level for constructional praxis, the average was 3.55 before HTP, 2.85 after HTP at 4 weeks, 2.25 after 8 weeks and 1.35 after 12 weeks. Both showed a continuous decrease in levels as the session progressed, and there was a statistically significant difference within each group (p<.001). In this study, it was confirmed that the horticultural therapy program had a positive effect on the cognitive function of the elderly with dementia.