TY - JOUR
T1 - Elderly adults improve verbal fluency by videophone conversations
T2 - A pilot study
AU - Mochizuki-Kawai, Hiroko
AU - Tanaka, Mayumi
AU - Suzuki, Takaji
AU - Yamakawa, Yuriko
AU - Mochizuki, Satoshi
AU - Arai, Masanobu
AU - Kawamura, Mitsuru
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - We conducted videophone conversations with elderly adults living in a nursing home to discover whether their verbal ability was improved by repeated remote conversations. The control group comprised five elderly adults. The experimental group comprised six elderly adults, including three patients with dementia. They took part in three videophone conversations and their verbal ability was measured before and after the conversations. During the sessions, the participants and volunteers talked about themselves and participated in a quiz. In the experimental group, the mean number of words generated increased from 4.8 to 6.5 after the session (P < 0.05); this increase was not observed in the control group. The experimental group also showed an improvement in words generated after indirect conversations. Videophone conversations appear to have some positive effects on verbal ability and may be beneficial in the cognitive rehabilitation of elderly adults.
AB - We conducted videophone conversations with elderly adults living in a nursing home to discover whether their verbal ability was improved by repeated remote conversations. The control group comprised five elderly adults. The experimental group comprised six elderly adults, including three patients with dementia. They took part in three videophone conversations and their verbal ability was measured before and after the conversations. During the sessions, the participants and volunteers talked about themselves and participated in a quiz. In the experimental group, the mean number of words generated increased from 4.8 to 6.5 after the session (P < 0.05); this increase was not observed in the control group. The experimental group also showed an improvement in words generated after indirect conversations. Videophone conversations appear to have some positive effects on verbal ability and may be beneficial in the cognitive rehabilitation of elderly adults.
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U2 - 10.1258/jtt.2008.071105
DO - 10.1258/jtt.2008.071105
M3 - Article
C2 - 18534958
AN - SCOPUS:53749096929
SN - 1357-633X
VL - 14
SP - 215
EP - 218
JO - Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
JF - Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
IS - 4
ER -