Effect of psychomotor rehabilitation on rehabilitation exercise in elderly patients with mental disorders and its impact on cognitive function and risk incidence

This study investigates the role of psychomotor rehabilitation in the rehabilitation exercise of elderly patients with mental disorders. Eighty-six elderly patients with mental disorders admitted to our hospital from May 2023 to May 2024 were selected as study subjects and randomly divided into 2 groups. The observation group (n = 41) received psychomotor rehabilitation, while the control group (n = 45) underwent conventional rehabilitation exercise. Both groups were continuously intervened for 10 weeks. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), internalized stigma of mental illness scale (a student evaluation version), social disability screening schedule, dysfunction assessment scale, and incidence of risk events were compared between the groups. Psychomotor rehabilitation demonstrates ideal effects, effectively enhancing cognitive function in elderly patients with mental disorders, reducing internalized stigma, improving dysfunctional conditions, alleviating social function deficits, and lowering the occurrence of risk events. It is safe and worthy of clinical application. Before intervention, there was no statistically significant difference in MoCA scores between the groups (P >.05). After intervention, the scores in attention, language ability, abstract thinking, and short-term memory improved in both groups, with the observation group showing significantly higher scores than the control group (P <.05). Before intervention, there was no significant difference in internalized stigma of mental illness scores between the groups (P >.05). After intervention, the scores for stigma resistance, alienation, social withdrawal, stereotype endorsement, discrimination, and total score decreased in both groups, with the observation group showing significantly lower scores than the control group (P <.05). Before intervention, there were no significant differences in social disability screening schedule and dysfunction assessment scale scores between groups (P >.05). After intervention, both scores decreased in both groups, with the observation group significantly lower than the control group (P <.05). The incidence of risk events (mania, aggression, impulsivity, falls, etc) in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P <.05).