Evaluation of a PMT Rehabilitation Nursing Plan for the Older Adults With MCI to Promote Cognitive Health

Summary

With the aging of the population, the number of older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has increased year by year, which has caused serious social and family burdens. At present, the existing drug treatment effect is limited. Studies show the application value of non-drug treatment in the older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Psychomotor Therapy (PMT) is now widely used in European countries and has formed an independent scientific system. Therefore, this topic pays attention to older adults with mild cognitive impairment, intending to promote cognitive stimulation, using PMT methods to build a rehabilitation nursing plan. Relying on older adults care institutions, older adults with mild cognitive impairment in a certain period were divided into a control group (CG) and an experimental group (EG). Older adults will be engaged in a 12-week PMT rehabilitation nursing plan involving relaxation and breathing exercises, face exercises, hand exercises, and mind exercises to promote cognitive health. SPSS 28.0 software was used to analyze data. The comparison of scores of various scales are based on paired t-test statistical methods. The P value \<0.05 will be considered to indicate statistically significant with 95% confidence interval (CI). The rehabilitation effect of the two groups was evaluated according to cognitive assessments (Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA), psychological assessment (Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, PANSS), and emotional assessment (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, HAMD-17; Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, HAMA-14) . The expected findings of this study may be useful for cognitive rehabilitation plans for the elderly in care institutions, rehabilitation hospitals, communities, and families.

Conditions

• Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

A PMT rehabilitation nursing plan

Older adults will be engaged in a 12-week PMT rehabilitation nursing plan involving 2 phases of relaxation and breathing exercises, face exercises, hand exercises and mind exercises to promote cognitive health. Phase 1 (Weeks 1-6): Includes relaxation and breathing exercises (10 minutes), facial exercises (10 minutes), bead maze activities (10 minutes), geometric shape puzzles (10 minutes), and finger exercises (20 minutes). Phase 2 (Weeks 7-12): Includes relaxation and breathing exercises (10 minutes), Tai Chi ball exercises (10 minutes), screw and nut assembly activities (10 minutes), tangram puzzles (10 minutes), and upper limb music exercises (20 minutes). The experimental group will be given interventions, twice a week every Tuesday and Thursday 9-10 am along with the study intervention.

BEHAVIORAL

General rehabilitation nursing

The control group will be given a standard health education on cognitive health.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universiti Sains Malaysia

  collaborator OTHER

• Jinzhou Medical University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Wang Ying Lecture Wang Ying, Master · Jinzhou Medical University / Universiti Sains Malaysia

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

50 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-09-10

Primary Completion

2025-12-30

Completion

2026-01-30

Countries

• China

Study Locations