Effects of motor intervention in elderly patients with dementia: An analysis of randomized controlled trials


Autoria(s): Christofoletti, Gustavo; Oliani, Merlyn Mércia; Gobbi, Sebastiao; Stella, Florindo
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

27/05/2014

27/05/2014

01/04/2007

Resumo

The objective of this study was to analyze randomized controlled trials published in the last decades involving motor intervention as a treatment for dementia, based on Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) criteria. A database search was performed using the following keywords: randomized controlled trial, dementia, physiotherapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, physical education, motor approach, exercise, and physical activity. Ten trials were found: 4 related to physiotherapy, 3 to occupational therapy, 1 to physical education, and 2 to interdisciplinary motor intervention. The efficacy of motor intervention was confirmed in the following variables: psychosocial function, physical health and function, affective status, and caregiver's distress (P < .05). Results related to mobility were not significant (P > .05). Behavior, cognitive performance, activities of daily living, and risk of falls were not similar among the articles. From a total score of 10 points, with excellence characterized as the highest punctuation, the articles were classified between 3 and 7 by PEDro. Motor intervention was shown to be an alternative for minimizing physical and mental decline. PEDro has been confirmed as a very reliable tool to analyze studies and as an evaluation criteria, both qualitative and quantitative, allowing the establishment of motor intervention strategies for the treatment of patients with dementia. © 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

Formato

149-154

Identificador

http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.TGR.0000270183.90778.8e

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, v. 23, n. 2, p. 149-154, 2007.

0882-7524

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/69593

10.1097/01.TGR.0000270183.90778.8e

WOS:000246668400006

2-s2.0-34248394689

Idioma(s)

eng

Relação

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Direitos

closedAccess

Palavras-Chave #Dementia #Motor intervention #Randomized controlled trials #affect #aged #behavior #caregiver #clinical trial #cognition #controlled clinical trial #controlled study #daily life activity #data base #dementia #distress syndrome #elderly care #exercise #falling #female #health #human #major clinical study #male #occupational therapy #patient mobility #physical activity #physical education #physiotherapy #qualitative analysis #quantitative analysis #randomized controlled trial #reliability #risk assessment #social psychology
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article