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P2–363: A randomized controlled trial of psychosocial interventions for old‐old people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI): Physical and neuropsychological outcomes—The Kurihara project
Author(s) -
Nakatsuka Masahiro,
Nakamura Kei,
Hamanosono Ryo,
Takahashi Yumi,
Kasai Mari,
Nakai Megumi,
Kato Yuriko,
Suto Teiko,
Meguro Kenichi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.05.1012
Subject(s) - randomized controlled trial , dementia , clinical dementia rating , psychosocial , physical therapy , quality of life (healthcare) , psychological intervention , cognition , medicine , intervention (counseling) , psychology , neuropsychology , clinical psychology , gerontology , cognitive impairment , psychiatry , surgery , disease , nursing , pathology
Background: Cognitive training is beneficial for patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). However, more studies are needed to evaluate the longitudinal benefit yielded from the cognitive training. Patients with amnesic and multiple domains Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCImd) were followed up after long-term participation in cognitive training. Methods: Participants were 87 aMCImd patients, classified in experimental and control groups, matched in age, gender, education, cognitive and functional performance. Results: At the follow up, there were significant differences in between-groups performance, with the experimental group performing higher in verbal (p€ı,£ .009) and visual memory (p1⁄4 .018), visual constructive abilities (p1⁄4 .018), language (p1⁄4 .026), executive function (p€ı,£ .014), global cognitive function (p1⁄4 .004), executive function in ADL (p1⁄4 .014) and ADL (p1⁄4 .003). Within-group analysis for the experimental group indicated improvement of attention, (p .009), verbal memory (p .010), visual memory (p1⁄4 .038), language (p1⁄4 .000). In contrast, the control group, showed deterioration in verbal memory (p€ı,£ .021), executive function (p€ı,£ .013), executive function in ADL. Conclusions: Longitudinal cognitive training helped aMCImd patients improve their cognitive performance, generalize the primary cognitive benefit to other cognitive domains and stabilize activities of daily living (ADL).