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1. Evaluating the impact of a darts game intervention on cognitive function in older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment: a pilot study

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Nami Kawabata, Tadayuki Iida, Masafumi Kunishige, Hiroshi Fukuda, Hideki Miyaguchi, and Toshihide Harada

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mild cognitive impairment, cognitive function, mental health, gravity movement, older, Other systems of medicine, RZ201-999, Medical technology, R855-855.5
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IntroductionThe current study investigated the relationship between the characteristics of a darts game, including the throwing motion toward a target, and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). To this end, we examined the associations between cognitive function and mental health, and the shift in center of gravity while throwing darts. In a preliminary investigation, a 1-month dart game intervention was conducted among older individuals living in the community. The participants were divided into the non-MCI and MCI groups, and the relationship between center of gravity movement during throwing and the presence of dementia was examined.MethodsThe intervention lasted for 1 month and was tested on healthy older individuals (aged ≥ 65 years) recruited from the community. The Japanese version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment and the Trail Making Test was used to assess cognitive function. Mental health was evaluated using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale and the Subjective Well-being Inventory. The center of pressure was analyzed to determine the center of gravity shift during dart throwing.ResultsThe analysis of factors influencing the determination of the MCI score during the intervention revealed a tendency for the center of gravity shift to be associated as a protective factor in the non-MCI group, although this association did not reach statistical significance (odds ratio = 0.942, p = 0.084). In the MCI group, a significant effect of age was observed in the MCI score (odds ratio = 1.539, p = 0.007).ConclusionThe current findings suggest that conducting center of gravity shift testing could potentially provide a helpful tool for predicting early decline in cognitive function.

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2024
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2. Influence of a Program Combining Amusement and Exercise on Subjective Well-Being: Six-Month Intervention Study with a Complex-Type Program for Community-Dwelling Elderly Subjects

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Yasuhiro Ito, Chinami Ishizuki, Toshihide Harada, Hiroko Hashimoto, Masafumi Kunishige, Hideki Miyaguchi, Tadayuki Iida, and Nami Kawabata

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medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Repeated measures design, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Mental health, Test (assessment), 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Health promotion, Intervention (counseling), Physical therapy, medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Analysis of variance, Subjective well-being, Risk assessment, business
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Background: Health promotion for the elderly mainly targets improvements in physical function, and a lack of strengthening of subjective well-being as well as the creation of interaction-providing opportunities for activity and participation has been reported. Evaluations of positive and negative aspects for subjective well-being are needed. Elderly subjects were intervened through a 6-month complex-type program combining amusement and exercise and its influences on subjective well-being and physical and physiological functions were investigated. Methods: Subjects in this survey were 37 healthy elderly females living in M city, Hiroshima Prefecture (age: 69.7 ± 5.9 years old), and the survey was performed between September 2016 and March 2017. The complex-type program comprised amusement and exercise programs. The survey was performed at 4 time points during the intervention period: before the intervention and 1, 3, and 6 months during the intervention. Subjective well-being (Japanese version of the Subjective Well-being Inventory (SUBI): Mental health scores, Mental fatigue scores), salivary amylase levels, and the locomotive syndrome risk test (two-step test, stand-up test, and 25-question risk assessment) were surveyed at each time point. Regarding the duration of the intervention as a factor, changes in salivary amylase levels were analyzed using repeated measures one-way ANOVA and SUBI was tested using the Friedman test (EZR Ver 1.32). In addition, the relationship between the locomotive syndrome risk level and duration of the intervention was examined using Fisher’s test. Results: SUBI and the locomotive syndrome risk level significantly differed with time during the intervention. Slight changes were observed in salivary amylase levels during the intervention. Conclusion: The present results suggest that the complex-type program promoted interactions among community-dwelling elderly subjects and positively influenced the maintenance of and improvements in physical and physiological functions. These changes may be associated with favorable influences on the positive and negative aspects of subjective well-being.

Published
2018

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