ỨNG DỤNG CHƯƠNG TRÌNH CAN THIỆP NHẬN THỨC SPECTOR TRÊN NGƯỜI BỆNH SA SÚT TRÍ TUỆ MẠCH MÁU

Abstract

Objectives: Describe the application process and initial results of the Spector cognitive intervention program on patients with mild vascular dementia. Subjects and method: A case-control study to evaluate the initial results of the Spector cognitive intervention program on 27 patients with mild vascular dementia at the National Hospital of Geriatrics in August 2022. Results: The rate of patients completing the Spector intervention program was 100%, and no withdrawal cases were recorded during the intervention. The program is adapted and standardized to apply on Vietnamese people. The improvement of cognitive function on patients in the intervention group and the control group before and after the intervention, as assessed through the ADAS Cog scale, was -0.6421±1.0506 and 0.1792±1.7937, respectively no statistical significance with p = 0.155. Patient's quality of life before and after the intervention was assessed based on the EQ5D5L scale of 0.0619±0.0849 with the intervention group; 0.0611±0.0879 in the control group and the QoLAD score is 0.1429±1.3506 in the intervention group; 0.0769±1.1875 in the control group. These differences were not significant in case of p=0.978 and p=0.86. Conclusion: The Spector cognitive intervention program is feasible to apply on the dementia patients in Vietnam. The first step of the Spector cognitive intervention on patients with mild vascular dementia has not brought a statistically significant change in cognitive function and quality of life after 2 weeks from the intervention.