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Arezoo Mojarrad1 
, Esmaeil Sadri Damirchi 2, Ali Sheykholslamy1 , Ali Rezaii Sharif1 , Vahid Abbasi3
, Esmaeil Sadri Damirchi 2, Ali Sheykholslamy1 , Ali Rezaii Sharif1 , Vahid Abbasi3
1- Department of Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
2- Department of Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran. , araz_sadri@yahoo.com
3- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
2- Department of Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran. , araz_sadri@yahoo.com
3- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
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Objectives: Today, Alzheimer's is considered one of the most basic problems of the elderly, which causes a decline in their cognitive function.the purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and short-term cognitive rehabilitation protocol on language skills and attention in the elderly with mild Alzheimer's disease.
Materials and Methods: The research method was semi-experimental with two experimental groups and one control group, which was conducted using the pre-test and post-test method. The statistical population included all elderly people over 65 years of age with mild Alzheimer's who had referred to a neurologist in 2022, and among these people, 60 people were selected by available sampling. They were randomly assigned in two experimental groups and one control group (20 people in each group). Then, the independent variables of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for 10 sessions of 20 minutes once a week on an experimental group and a short-term cognitive rehabilitation program with 9 sessions (each session 90 minutes), which was designed by a documentary method and based on Luria's (1963) healthy function replacement approach, and after confirming the validity of the content by experts, was applied once a week to the second experimental group, and no intervention was performed on the third group. After the end of the intervention, the post-test was conducted with an interval of one week on the experimental and control groups. After one month, the studied groups were followed up again. Adden Brook's cognitive test revised version (ACE-R) was used to collect data. For data analysis repeated measurement analysis of variance test was used in SPSS-23 software.
Results: The results showed that both methods improved the writing and naming components of language skills variables, while they had no significant effect on the attention variable.
Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that both methods can be used to improve the language skills of the elderly with mild Alzheimer's.
Materials and Methods: The research method was semi-experimental with two experimental groups and one control group, which was conducted using the pre-test and post-test method. The statistical population included all elderly people over 65 years of age with mild Alzheimer's who had referred to a neurologist in 2022, and among these people, 60 people were selected by available sampling. They were randomly assigned in two experimental groups and one control group (20 people in each group). Then, the independent variables of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for 10 sessions of 20 minutes once a week on an experimental group and a short-term cognitive rehabilitation program with 9 sessions (each session 90 minutes), which was designed by a documentary method and based on Luria's (1963) healthy function replacement approach, and after confirming the validity of the content by experts, was applied once a week to the second experimental group, and no intervention was performed on the third group. After the end of the intervention, the post-test was conducted with an interval of one week on the experimental and control groups. After one month, the studied groups were followed up again. Adden Brook's cognitive test revised version (ACE-R) was used to collect data. For data analysis repeated measurement analysis of variance test was used in SPSS-23 software.
Results: The results showed that both methods improved the writing and naming components of language skills variables, while they had no significant effect on the attention variable.
Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that both methods can be used to improve the language skills of the elderly with mild Alzheimer's.
Keywords: Transcranial direct current stimulation, Cognitive rehabilitation, Language skills, Attention, Mild Alzheimer's
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