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Comparing the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and short-term cognitive rehabilitation protocol on improving memory performance in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease
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Arezoo Mojarrad    , Esmaeil Sadri Damirchi1 , Ali Sheykholslamy , Ali Rezaii Sharif , Vahid Abbasi |
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Introduction: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of tDCS method and short-term cognitive rehabilitation protocol on improving memory performance in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease.
Method: The research method was a quasi-experimental research method of pre-test, post-test and follow-up was conducted with two experimental groups and one control group. The statistical population of people over 65 years of age who had been diagnosed with mild Alzheimer's disease in Ardabil city in 2022 and referred to a neurologist on an outpatient basis, from among these people, 60 people were selected by available sampling and randomly in two an experimental group and a control group were assigned. Then, the tDCS method was applied for 10 sessions of 20 minutes on one experimental group and a short-term cognitive rehabilitation program of 9 sessions of 90 minutes was applied on the second experimental group and no intervention was performed on the control group. The post-test was performed with an interval of one week, and the follow-up was done one month after the post-test of all three groups. Aden Brook's revised version of cognitive test was used to collect data.
Results: The results showed that the tDCS method has a significant effect on long-term memory (p<0/05). Regarding the post extended memory variable, although the short-term cognitive rehabilitation method did not have a significant effect on the post-test, it did have a significant effect on the long-term (p<0/05). In general, it can be said that the methods used in improving the memory of Alzheimer's patients have had a significant effect.
Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that both methods can be used to improve the memory of patients with mild Alzheimer's.
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| Keywords: transcranial direct current stimulation, cognitive rehabilitation, memory, Alzheimer's |
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Article Type: Original Research |
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Research in Medical Science Education
Received: 2023/06/18 | Accepted: 2023/08/29 | Published: 2025/05/31
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