The Effectiveness of Multisensory Stimuli on Mental State, Memory and Sleep Disorder in Elderly Women with Cognitive Impairment

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of multisensory stimuli on mental state, clinical memory and sleep disorder in elderly women with cognitive impairment.

The current research was conducted as a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test type with control and follow-up groups. The statistical population consisted of 30 elderly women referring to nursing homes in Tehran, who were divided into two experimental and control groups by a simple random method. Questionnaires of mental state, clinical memory, sleep disorder and cognitive deficits were used to collect data. The data was analyzed using SPSS-21 software and mixed analysis of variance tests.

According to the results, multisensory stimulation had a significant effect on improving the mental state, clinical memory and sleep disorder in the elderly with cognitive deficits (P<0.01). Therefore, treatment of multisensory stimuli is effective on sleep disorder, mental state and clinical memory of the elderly (P<0.01).

This method can be used to improve the cognitive ability and, as a result, the quality of life of the elderly independently and together with clinical and subclinical cognitive treatments.