ENHANCING SHORT TERM MEMORY OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS USING A NEUROBICS EXERCISE BRAIN TRAINING PROGRAM.

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to assess the effectiveness of a neurobics exercise brain training program when used with type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, and to study interactions with blood sugar levels. and the Increasing of short term memory Participating patients were classified by three levels of HbA1c. Within each level, subjects were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups, with the latter given the brain training program. Data were collected using two WAIS-III tests, Digit Span and Digit Symbol, and analyzed using t-tests and analysis of variance methods. The results showed that: 1. Post-test scores in the experimental groups were significantly higher than pre-test scores at the .05 level on both Digit Span and Digit Symbol. 2. Before training, there were no pre-test score differences between control and experimental groups on either test. However, patients with HbA1c levels of 7.0 % to 7.9% did differ in their Digit Symbol scores at the .05 level, while patients with HbA1c levels at 8% and above showed differences on both tests at the .05 level. 3. After training, the experimental groups’ scores on both tests were significantly higher than the control groups’ at the .05 level. However, patients with HbA1c at or above 8 % showed no change in Digit Symbol scores. 4. The interaction between HbA1c level and short term memory test scores was significant at the .05 level.