Effect of group integrated intervention program combined animal-assisted therapy and integrated elderly play therapy on live alone elderly
The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of a group integrated intervention program that simultaneously conducts cognitive activities, physical activities, emotional activities and social interactions by integrating animal-assis...
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| author | Taeyoung Kil Kyeong-A Yoon Hansu Ryu Minkyu Kim |
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| description | The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of a group integrated
intervention program that simultaneously conducts cognitive activities, physical
activities, emotional activities and social interactions by integrating
animal-assisted therapy (AAT) and integrated elderly play therapy based on the
cognitive functions and depression of the elderly who live alone. This study
follows a pre-test post-test design with a nonequivalent control group, to
verify the effectiveness of a group integrated intervention. It applies a group
integrated intervention program to 20 elderly people who live alone, aged 65 and
above (10 in the experimental group, 10 in the control group), once a week for
90 minutes across eight weeks. The study went through MMSE-K, TMT-A and GDSSF-A
to assess cognitive functions and the level of depression. The group integrated
intervention increased the cognitive functions of the experimental group and
decreased levels of depression. Therefore, this study verified that a group
integrated intervention program of AAT and integrated play therapy of the
elderly, is an effective for increasing cognitive functions and decreasing
depression levels of the elderly who live alone. Based on these findings, the
study suggests that there is a need to continuously expand group integrated
intervention programs and provide relevant political support. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2657458e302e4b6e8a1ae6396cad5d752022-12-22T00:02:45ZengKorean Society of Animal Sciences and TechnologyJournal of Animal Science and Technology2672-01912055-03912019-11-0161637938710.5187/jast.2019.61.6.379jast-61-6-379Effect of group integrated intervention program combined animal-assisted therapy and integrated elderly play therapy on live alone elderlyTaeyoung Kil0Kyeong-A Yoon1Hansu Ryu2Minkyu Kim3Institute of Agricultural Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, KoreaDepartment of Social Welfair, Daejeon University, Daejeon 34520, KoreaDepartment of Social Welfair, Woosong University, Daejeon 34606, KoreaDivision of Animal and Dairy Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, KoreaThe purpose of this study is to identify the effects of a group integrated intervention program that simultaneously conducts cognitive activities, physical activities, emotional activities and social interactions by integrating animal-assisted therapy (AAT) and integrated elderly play therapy based on the cognitive functions and depression of the elderly who live alone. This study follows a pre-test post-test design with a nonequivalent control group, to verify the effectiveness of a group integrated intervention. It applies a group integrated intervention program to 20 elderly people who live alone, aged 65 and above (10 in the experimental group, 10 in the control group), once a week for 90 minutes across eight weeks. The study went through MMSE-K, TMT-A and GDSSF-A to assess cognitive functions and the level of depression. The group integrated intervention increased the cognitive functions of the experimental group and decreased levels of depression. Therefore, this study verified that a group integrated intervention program of AAT and integrated play therapy of the elderly, is an effective for increasing cognitive functions and decreasing depression levels of the elderly who live alone. Based on these findings, the study suggests that there is a need to continuously expand group integrated intervention programs and provide relevant political support.http://www.ejast.org/archive/view_article?pid=jast-61-6-379animal-assisted therapycognitive functionsdepressiongroup integrated intervention programintegrated elderly play therapy |
| spellingShingle | Taeyoung Kil Kyeong-A Yoon Hansu Ryu Minkyu Kim Effect of group integrated intervention program combined animal-assisted therapy and integrated elderly play therapy on live alone elderly Journal of Animal Science and Technology animal-assisted therapy cognitive functions depression group integrated intervention program integrated elderly play therapy |
| title | Effect of group integrated intervention program combined
animal-assisted therapy and integrated elderly play therapy on live alone
elderly |
| title_full | Effect of group integrated intervention program combined
animal-assisted therapy and integrated elderly play therapy on live alone
elderly |
| title_fullStr | Effect of group integrated intervention program combined
animal-assisted therapy and integrated elderly play therapy on live alone
elderly |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of group integrated intervention program combined
animal-assisted therapy and integrated elderly play therapy on live alone
elderly |
| title_short | Effect of group integrated intervention program combined
animal-assisted therapy and integrated elderly play therapy on live alone
elderly |
| title_sort | effect of group integrated intervention program combined animal assisted therapy and integrated elderly play therapy on live alone elderly |
| topic | animal-assisted therapy cognitive functions depression group integrated intervention program integrated elderly play therapy |
| url | http://www.ejast.org/archive/view_article?pid=jast-61-6-379 |
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