Effectiveness of Non-pharmacological Interventions for Dementia Among Elderly in Hai Duong Province, Vietnam

This is a randomized controlled intervention aimed at improving cognitive decline in patients with dementia. The program includes exercise, cognitive training, and dementia education. The output index is expected to be an improvement in cognition, accompanied by an improvement in fitness, sleep quality, reduction in depression levels, and an improvement in quality of life. This is a program that is expected to be effective, inexpensive, easy to apply and does not require high expertise. A total of 50 dementia patients diagnosed and managed by the National Geriatric Hospital, Hai Duong Province General Hospital will be included in the study for 6 months. Patients were randomly assigned to an intervention group and received a program of physical exercise, cognitive training, dementia lecture, and long-term follow-up, or entered a control group to hear a lecture. about dementia. Cognition and fitness will be assessed after follow-up at 0, 3, and 6 months. This work is sponsored by Vingroup Joint Stock Company and supported by domestic Masters/Ph.D. The scholarship program of Vingroup Innovation Fund (VINIF), Vingroup Big Data Institute (VINBIGDATA).