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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2022 Mar;41(1):e82-e93.
doi: 10.1111/ajag.12962. Epub 2021 May 26.

A community-based computerised cognitive training program for older persons with mild dementia: A pilot study

Yea-Ing L Shyu  1   2   3   4   5 , Chung-Chih Lin  6 , Yam-Ting Kwok  7 , Hann-Yeh Shyu  8 , Li-Min Kuo  9
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Randomized Controlled Trial

A community-based computerised cognitive training program for older persons with mild dementia: A pilot study

Yea-Ing L Shyu et al. Australas J Ageing. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Objectives: Computerised cognitive training programs can improve cognitive function in patients with moderate-to-severe dementia or brain injuries and healthy older adults. However, most previous studies were not randomised controlled trials and did not examine older adults with mild dementia. The current study sought to analyse the effects of a computerised cognitive training program using a randomised controlled trial.

Methods: In a single-blinded randomised clinical trial, 30 older individuals with mild dementia were split into an experimental (n = 15) and a control (n = 15) group to analyse the effects of a computerised cognitive training program. Outcomes were assessed before and after each program session, and 1 and 3 months afterwards.

Results: Participants in the experimental group had better overall subjective memory, subjective retrospective memory and global quality of life, with fewer depressive symptoms than those in the control group 3 months following the program.

Conclusions: Our computerised cognitive training program improved subjective memory and quality of life in patients with mild dementia and decreased their depressive symptoms. These results may be useful for health-care providers caring for people with mild dementia.

Keywords: cognition; dementia; depression; memory; quality of life.

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