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ArticleDementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra2013

Cognitive stimulation in patients with dementia: randomized controlled trial.

Daniela Mapelli, Elisa Di Rosa, Rosaria Nocita, Donatella Sava

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Article in Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 3,463 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Cognitive training for people with mild to moderate dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniela MapelliDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Elisa Di Rosa
Rosaria Nocita
Donatella Sava
University of Padua · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimsThis study explores the effective outcomes of a structured cognitive stimulation treatment to improve cognition and behavioral symptoms in people with dementia (PWDs), using a randomized controlled clinical trial.

methodsTHIRTY PWDS WERE DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPS: experimental (treated with cognitive stimulation), placebo (treated with occupational therapy), and control (continuing with the usual activities of the nursing home). Assessment, at baseline and after a period of 8 weeks, was performed using the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale, activities of daily living, Mini-Mental State Examination, Esame Neuropsicologico Breve 2, Geriatric Depression Scale and Behavioral Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease Scale.

resultsOnly the experimental group improved its performance in cognitive tests (p < 0.05) and showed a significant decrease in behavioral symptoms (p < 0.01) after the treatment.

conclusionsThe results suggest that a cognitive stimulation treatment for PWDs would improve not only their cognition, but also behavioral symptoms.

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Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementiaCognitive stimulation treatmentNonpharmacological therapies

Identifiers

PMID24052800
PMCPMC3776449
OpenAlexW1971351343

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