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| Exercise training for depressed older adults with Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | C L Williams, R M Tappen |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 12, no 1, January 2008 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, January 2008 |
| Pages | pp 72-80 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Exercise ; Depression ; Dementia ; Clinical surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Depression is a common problem with serious and costly consequences for nursing home residents with severe Alzheimer's disease (AD). This study compared the effects of 16 weeks of a comprehensive exercise routine to supervised walking and social conversation on depression in nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The study was a three-group, repeated measures design with random assignment to treatment group. 45 nursing home residents with moderate to severe AD were randomly assigned to the 16-week programme of comprehensive exercise routine, supervised walking, or social conversation. Raters were blinded to treatment group assignment. Depression was measured by the Cornell Scale for Depression on Dementia, mood measured by the Dementia Mood Assessment Scale and the Alzheimer's Mood Scale, and affect measured by the Observed Affect Scale. Depression was reduced in all three groups with some evidence of superior benefit from exercise. Exercise as a behavioural approach to treatment of depression in nursing home residents with severe AD evidenced a clear benefit to participants in this study. More research is needed to clarify the relative benefits of different types of exercise in conjunction with or without pharmacological intervention. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080409210 A |
| Classmark | CEA: ENR: EA: 3G: 7T |
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