A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy with Reference to Cognitive Level among Patient with Dementia in Selected Rehabilitation Center of Pune District

Cognitive impairment and dementia are increasing globally and are predicted to rise more in developing regions. It is very important to know that every individuals are born with a different cognitive but many of patient with dementia develop cognitive impairment as disease progress, but to improve the cognitive level to its maximum capacity depends on their involvement in different cognitive stimulation activities. Cognitive stimulation is an involvement of group in different activities and discussions aiming at improving the functioning.

To evaluate the pre-interventional cognitive level of the Patient With Dementia, To evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive stimulation therapy in Patient With Dementia in selected rehabilitation center, To find the association between the cognitive level of the Patient With Dementia and the selected demographic variables.

Quasi experimental, non randomized control design was conducted on 50 patient with dementia who met the inclusion criteria, by using non-Probabilitlity purposive sampling. In pretest cognitive level was assessed with the help of standardized Montreal Cognitive Assessment scale followed by Cognitive stimulation therapy which included the 14 sessions of various activities in a period of 4 week was given. On 7th day after intervention post-test was conducted using the same tool by the investigators.

Paired t-test used and was found to be 3.82 with 49 degrees of freedom at this 0.05 level which is more than the table value and also the corresponding p-value was small (less than 0.05), hence the null hypothesis is rejected. Cognitive stimulation therapy was found to be effective in patient with dementia. Family history and the duration of illness were found to have significant association with cognitive level of patient with dementia.

This study suggests that the cognitive stimulation therapy is helpful in improving the cognitive level of the patient with dementia.