OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the possibility of combining cognitive training to an educational intervention composed by eight sessions about hypertension for a better management of the disease among the elderly. METHODS: 64 older adults who reported having hypertension, divided into experimental group (EG, n=35) and control group (CG, n=29) participated in the study. Control participants received training after the post-test. The protocol contained socio-demographic and clinical data, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test (RBMT), Verbal Fluency Animal Category (VF) and Short Cognitive Test (SKT). RESULTS: The EG showed better cognitive performance when compared with the CG, at post-test. CONCLUSION: Cognitive gains may occur after psychoeducational interventions for older adults with hypertension.
Elderly people; cognition; cognitive training; hypertension; psychoeducation
