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The objectives of this mixed-methods research were: 1) to study the execi ntive finctions of the brain 2) to quantitatively analyze the changes in brain clectrical activity with clectroencephalogram (EEG), and 3) to cxtract Lessons from the best practice of healthy clderly individi als who acquired folk handicraft wisdom 4) to develop the healthy aycing proyram for working ad lts in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) 5) to study the effectiveness of the healthy ageiny proyram for working aduilts and 6) to analyze and synthesize the findings as well as improve the quality of the dcveloped healthy agcing proyram for working adults. The stidy was conducted in 3 phascs. The participants were 49 clderly aged betwecn 55 - 75 years old who acquired basketwork handicraft wisdom, recnuted by purposive random sampling. Research instr iments incluided the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) 2) quantitative EEG, 3) N-back basket task, and 4) Go/no-yo basket task. Analysis of basic data, MANOVA, and t- test were performed. The results revealad that 1) 63% of the elderly had normal execiitive functions (MoCA z 25). The body mass index (BMI), attention, and working memory had a significant effect on mild coynitive impairment (MCI) at the statistical level of .05. 2) The elderly with normal cxecitive functions had a higher theta band power and a lower beta band power than the elderly with MCI while responding to the N-back basket task, at the statistical level of .05. In addition, the elderly with normal execitive functions had significantly lower delta band power than the elderly with MCI while responding to the N-back basket task and Go/ No-go basket task at the statistical level of .05. 3) A study of good practices using in-depth inteniew qu estions found that the elderly place an importance on cating, sleeping, and cxercising. Volinteer activities and basketry making create income and sclf-reliance. The data from yraup disc ssion to cxtract lessons on yood practices for 12 clderly individh als in Phase 1 who have nommal cxecuitive functions was analyzed with the content analysis. The results indicated that the best practices of healthy ageing consist of having good health, brain health, mental health, good relationships, and financial stablity. Additionally, being healthy agcing should be starting with the age of 40. 4) The healthy adilts to healthy agcing proyram for working adiits in the Eastern Economic Coridor (EEC) or HAHA Program consists of 5 modi Iles, incli iding: 1) healthy ayeing, 2) brain health, 3) mental health, 4) rapport and participation, and 5) wealth and security with highest level of content validity evaluated by 5 experts. 5) An effectiveness of the HAHA Program was studied using 40 working adults aged between 40 to 59 years old who voluntarily participated in the research. They were randomly divided into an experimental group (N=20) and a control group (N=20). The experimental group received the healthy adult program with 5 sessions (50 minutes/session) workshop and 10 sessions (30-50 minutes/session) for 10 days to committed actions follows values of to be Healthy Ageing through the application of Healthy Brain and Mind Application (HBM). The control group was spending time on their typical daily activities. The results demonstrated that working adults exhibited an increase in brain executive functions, working memory, and inhibitory control, as well as having the personal satisfaction of the program. The results demonstrated that working adults in the experimental group had higher mean scores of cognitive functions, visuospatial executive, attention, and delayed recall than those in the control group; additionally, working adults in the experimental group had significantly higher mean scores in post-experiment than scores in pre-experiment at the statistical level of .05. Moreover, the working adults in the experimental group also had a higher level of performance in working memory and inhibitory control while responding to the n-back basket task and the Go/no-go basket task. They also had lower alpha power band at the frontal brain area than before the implementation of Healthy Adult Program. 6) The experimental group exhibited the personal satisfaction of the program at the highest level. |
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