Psychomotor Skills in the Older Adult Through Multisensory Stimulation

Abstract

Introduction: Multisensory stimulation is a non-pharmacological therapeutic method that provides a state of relaxation and reactivates the sense organs, improving cognitive and motor capacity.

 Objective: To determine the efficacy of multisensory stimulation in older adults to improve psychomotor skills.

Material and Methods: It is a quasi-experimental, cross-sectional investigation; In which we worked with 30 older adults prior to signing the informed consent, applying the Barthel index, the Tinetti scale and the Mini-Mental State Examination test, for 13 weeks. The results analysis was done through descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: By means of the Barthel index, no changes were observed in the activities of daily living, with the Tinetti test it was identified at the beginning of the intervention there was 60% that went to 46.7% after the intervention in what corresponds The risk of a high fall and the risk of a minimum fall went from 40% to 53.3%. In the Mini-Mental State Examination test it was evidenced that after the intervention there were no patients at the levels of severe impairment and moderate to severe cognitive impairment. By means of the hypothesis verification test from a significance level of 5%, it indicates that it is significant for the Tinetti test and the Mini-Mental State Examination test and it is not significant for the Barthel index evaluated through the test of Wilcoxon.

Conclusion: Intervention with the multisensory stimulation technique is feasible in patients with any level of dementia in older adults who present risk of falls.