英文摘要 |
"Background: Due to the phenomenon of the aging society, patients suffering from senility dementia and related diseases increased from 17.4% to 24.4%. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most frequently diagnosed degenerative dementias, which manifests itself with the typical symptoms, including memory loss, expressive language difficulty, cognitive function decline, disorientation, and even loss of independence in instrumental activities of daily life living. The extended long-term care needs of AD may lead to individuals, families, social and economic burdens. AD patients seem to be beneficial from aerobic exercise on cognitive and emotional symptoms; nevertheless, there is still lacking domestic systematic review examining the effectiveness of aerobic exercise on daily life activities of AD patients.
Purpose: To examine the effects of aerobic exercise on improving the instrumental activities of daily life living of AD patients.
Method: This paper employed a systematic review method by applying the keywords of Alzheimer’s disease, senile dementia, aerobic exercise, and instrumental activities of daily life via PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase and other databases. The authors searched for articles with a randomized controlled trial published from 2002 to November 2020.
Results: There were nine articles included in this review, with a total of 1237 mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease patients. The results showed that either a single form of aerobic exercise (i.e. treadmill, bicycle, brisk walking, etc.) or combined weight training/balance training with aerobic exercise and any diverse intensity, frequency, intensity, location and execution method of exercise, intervene in groups or individual exercise for up to 4 months, had potential benefits on patients’ instrumental activities of daily life and cognitive functions. To translate the aerobic exercise into clinical practice efficiently, the authors suggest increasing the numbers of samples, extending the duration of exercise interventions and evaluation, and structuralizing the forms, dosages and intensity of exercises.
Conclusion: The health care providers could employ the aerobic exercises to improve the instrumental activities of daily life and cognitive function of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease, enhancing their quality of care and quality of life." |