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[Changes in Cognitive Functioning of Individuals with Dementia: Analyzing Performance Records in Cognitive Trainings]
Barbara Stiglbauer1, Martin Böhm2
1Institut für Pädagogik und Psychologie, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Österreich.
Objective:
The paper aims to illustrate how continuously recording performance in cognitive trainings conducted with people suffering from dementia helps to investigate long-term effects of these trainings.
Methods:
The recorded training performance of 5 people with dementia is analyzed over the time interval of 1.5 years.
Results:
Cognitive functioning, indicated by training performance recordings, decreased significantly; the decrease was moderate, but less pronounced when the number of exercises was high.
Conclusion:
The results of the analyses correspond with the clients' MMSE-scores, and the changes in cognitive functioning are in line with those documented in the literature. In sum, the results provide support for the validity of the methodological procedure.
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