Study on the effect of comprehensive rehabilitation training in patients with Alzheimer disease

Objective To study effective way of rehabilitation training for patients with Alzheimer's disease.Methods 80 AD patients at early and middle stages were randomized into two groups: experimental group(n=40) and control group(n=40).Patients in the experimental group received one-year rehabilitation training,including individuated trainings of intelligence,self-care and physical ability,and those in the control group were treated with routine.All the patients were evaluated every 3 months with MMSE before and after training.Results The total scores of MMSE in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group(P0.05)after 9~12 months' training;After 1 year's training the scores of orientation and language were significantly different from those in the control group(P0.05).Conclusions Comprehensive rehabilitation training can improve AD patients' cognitive function and could be used widely.