Constructive engagement in cognitive stimulation therapy groups among people with dementia: A mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Clinical guidelines recommend personalized activities and group cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) for promoting cognition, independence, and well-being in persons with dementia. Constructive engagement (CE), the state of being occupied positively in purposeful activities, is theoretically an essential process in personalized activities and CST. However, whether CE develops over time and what contributes to it are unknown. We investigated changes in CE during CST and its contributors.

Methods

This is a mixed-methods study. We used time sampling to record the time proportion of persons with dementia (n = 113) spent in constructive, passive, non-task-related engagement and non-engagement during early, middle, and late phases in a 14-session group CST. We t

SUBMITTER: Zhang AY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12019694 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature