Analysis of the Duration of the Efficacy of Non-Pharmacological Therapies for Dementia

Alvaro Rodriguez Mora
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Alvaro Rodriguez Mora: Department of Psychology, Cadiz University, Faculty of Education Sciences, Spain

Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2020, vol. 13, issue 2, 27-30

Abstract: In recent years, there has been an increase in the use of non-pharmacological interventions for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). From early interventions such as Reality Orientation (RO), through reminiscence therapies to comprehensive cognitive stimulation programs. Its main objective is to intervene mainly in the cognitive capacity of the patient, maintaining and/or delaying cognitive deterioration. In different systematic reviews, we can find a multitude of programs. These intervene in different areas of AD and during different periods of intervention. However, the periods of application of these interventions do not exceed six-months. Even some cognitive stimulation programs are applied for a few weeks. The conclusions offered by these studies determine that these programs show good effectiveness in maintenance and/or delay of the cognitive function. However, here the difficulty arises to evaluate even when these interventions are effective beyond those six months. In the literature we can find some interventions beyond the six-months, usually applied for twelve-months. However, their effectiveness causes some controversy among the authors. Therefore, it is necessary to create intervention programs of at least twelve months and evaluate their effectiveness. And to be able to answer: how long are non-pharmacological therapies effective?

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Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2020.13.555856

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