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Trial reportAmerican journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

Preserving cognition through an integrated cognitive stimulation and training program.

Margie Eckroth-Bucher, James Siberski

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Margie Eckroth-BucherDepartment of Nursing, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania 17815, USA. meckroth@bloomu.edu
James Siberski

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCognitive decline leads to disability and increased health care expenditures.

methodsEffectiveness of an intervention to stimulate multiple cognitive domains was determined using a format combining traditional and computer-based activities (Integrated Cognitive Stimulation and Training Program), 45 minutes a day, 2 days a week, for 6 weeks. Nonimpaired, mildly, and moderately-impaired participants > age 65 (n = 32) were randomly allocated into a control or experimental group. Using a repeated measures design participants were tested again postintervention and at 8 weeks follow-up.

resultsStatistically significant improvement on Dementia Rating Scale scores occurred for mildly and moderately impaired treatment participants (n = 15). Statistical significance was demonstrated on subscales of the WMS-III: Logical Memory I and Logical Memory II.

conclusionBlending computer-based with traditional cognitive stimulation activities shows promise in preserving cognitive function in elders. Future studies to explore efficacy in larger, more diverse samples are needed.

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ComputersAgedAged, 80 and overCognitionCognitive Behavioral TherapyFemaleHumansMaleMental RecallNeuropsychological TestsSoftwareUser-Computer Interface

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PMID19346501
PMCPMC10845992

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