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Trial reportAmerican journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias2012

Physical and cognitive stimulation in Alzheimer Disease. the GAIA Project: a pilot study.

Tiziana Maci, Francesco Le Pira, Graziella Quattrocchi, Santo Di Nuovo, Vincenzo Perciavalle, Mario Zappia

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Trial report in American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 11 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tiziana MaciDipartimento "G.F. Ingrassia" area Neuroscienze, Università di Catania, Italy.
Francesco Le Pira
Graziella Quattrocchi
Santo Di Nuovo
Vincenzo Perciavalle
Mario Zappia
University of Catania · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several data suggest that physical activity and cognitive stimulation have a positive effect on the quality of life (QoL) of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD), slowing the decline due to the disease. A pilot project was undertaken to assess the effect of cognitive stimulation, physical activity, and socialization on patients with AD and their informal caregiver's QoL and mood. Fourteen patients with AD were randomly divided into active treatment group and control group. At the end of treatment, a significant improvement in apathy, anxiety, depression, and QoL in the active treatment group was found. Considering caregivers, those of the active treatment group exhibited a significant improvement in their mood and in their perception of patients' QoL. This study provides evidence that a combined approach based on cognitive stimulation, physical activity, and socialization is a feasible tool to improve mood and QoL in patients with AD and their caregivers.

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Cognitive Behavioral TherapyQuality of LifeActivities of Daily LivingAgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseCaregiversDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhysical StimulationPilot Projects

Identifiers

PMID22495338
PMCPMC10697391
OpenAlexW2038193963

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