Effects of an Integrative Group Psychotherapy Training Program on Cognitive Function Among Elderly Psychiatric Inpatients at Srithanya Hospital

Abstract

          Objective: To study the effects of An Integrative Group Psychotherapy Training Program on cognitive function among elderly psychiatric inpatients at Srithanya hospital. Materials and Methods: Eight elderly psychiatric in patients who were consistent with the inclusion criteria were allocated using purposive sampling technique. The set program was applied to the group of sample from February to April 2016 for totally 10 times. The data were collected by interviewing and testing. An Integrative Group Psychotherapy Training Program, Observation Sheet, Word Recall Task and Word Recognition Task of ADAS-Cog were used as tools of experiment. Demographic data were expressed using descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Pre and Post Experiment’s results were analyzed by comparing means of Word Recall Task and Word Recognition Task scores derived from Wilcoxon’s Test. Results: Cognitive function in term of Memory in elderly psychiatric inpatients in the post-experiment is better than the pre-experiment with statistic significance at .05. The elderly psychiatric inpatients had less worry, more relief and more pride of themselves after the experiment. Conclusions: Results of Integrative Group Psychotherapy Training Program can be applied to enhance Recall and Recognition encouraging relief and self esteem after the program.