Ayurvedic Approach on Memory Stimulation in Guadeloupe: A Pilot Study

Background: The necessity to prevent Alzheimer's disease prompted us to offer cognitive stimulation sessions.

Objectives: The goals of our study are to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive stimulation and also to estimate the influence of the three ayurvedic constitutional categories on the effectiveness of cognitive stimulation over three months.

Methods: We looked at the ayurvedic categories, overall health perceptions, associative memory complaint and evolution in 28 healthy elderly people at T1 and T2 (three months later), as well as 12 healthy controls who weren't stimulated, using self-assessment questionnaires that included Prakriti and memory complaint, as well as several scales of perceived health (cognitive, physical, mental, and well-being/quality of life) and a test of associative memory.

Results: Pitta-Kapha has the highest population representation. The severity of the cognitive and holistic status decreases between the two eras, but not on the physical health. The cognitive and memory issues are weak or non-existent. Regression models allow us to test our health perception and associative memory predictions.

Conclusion: Cognitive stimulation is helpful, and ayurveda categories provide a useful framework for comprehending individual variances of cognitive functioning in healthy aged people.