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다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study was to examine the effect of the puzzle activity program on two factors- cognitive function and depression- that play important roles for the quality of life in healthy old age.
For the purpose of this research, this study chose 30 subjects aged 65+ who use Daejeon D senior citizen center as the experimental group, and 30 subjects were selected as the comparison group.
Puzzle activity programs was a total of 12 times (60 minutes per session) which was conducted twice a week for 30 members of an experimental group as the general living for 30 members of a comparison group from November 30th, 2015 to January 08th, 2016.
The results were as follows; First, the elderlys cognitive function level and found that the cognitive function of the experimental group participated in the puzzle activity program showed a significant difference between before and after activity. Second, the average depression level decreased after taking part in the puzzle activity program. As a result, the puzzle activity program has a positive influence on the elderlys cognitive functionn and depression.
Therefore, the puzzle activity can be useful not only as the programs at the communities associated with the elderly like Senior Welfare Center and Senior Hospital so as to enhance the elderlys cognitive function and improve the quality of senior life.