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Purpose: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation on improving selective attention and working memory in elderly women with mild Alzheimer's disease. It was a quasi-experimental study with randomized allocation study with pre-test and post- test and two months' follow up with control group. The population in this study was all women with mild Alzheimer's in Association of Protection of Alzheimer's patients in Arak in 2023-2024. The group was comprised of 36 patients with mild Alzheimer were selected by available sampling. They were randomly divided into experimental, control and Placebo groups (12 patients in each group.The experimental group was trained by computer-based cognitive rehabilitation; the Placebo group received physical rehabilitation intervention, and the control group received no intervention. All participants were evaluated in the first and the last sessions by the STROOP and PASAT Tests. The investigation was done during 21 sessions (5 months) in Arak' Association of Protection of Alzheimer's patients. Data was analyzed by repeated measures and multivariate analysis with SPSS-24 software. Results showed that the main effect of time (pretest, post-test, follow up) is significant on working memory (nη2 =0.583) and Selected Attention scores (nη2=0.720). Also the effect of time interaction in a group is significant on working memory scores (nη2=0.443) and selected attention (nη2=0.604). Conclusion: cognitive rehabilitation is effective on improvement of working memory and selected attention of women with mild Alzheimer's cognitive deficits. Therefore, it is recommended to use this therapeutic intervention in clinical centers in conjunction with other methods.
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
psychology of human behavior
Received: 2025/10/10 | Accepted: 2026/03/22
Received: 2025/10/10 | Accepted: 2026/03/22
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