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ReviewWorld journal of clinical cases2013

Non-pharmacological cognitive intervention for aging and dementia: Current perspectives.

Jorge Alves, Rosana Magalhães, Alvaro Machado, Oscar F Gonçalves, Adriana Sampaio, Agavni Petrosyan

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Review in World journal of clinical cases, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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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  14. Older Adult Employment Status and Well-Being: A Longitudinal Bidirectional Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  15. Cognition in Healthy Aging.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jorge AlvesJorge Alves, Rosana Magalhães, Óscar F Gonçalves, Adriana Sampaio, Agavni Petrosyan, Neuropsychophysiology Lab, CIPsi, School of Psychology, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
Rosana Magalhães
Alvaro Machado
Oscar F Gonçalves
Adriana Sampaio
Agavni Petrosyan

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, cognitive difficulties associated with normal aging and dementia have been receiving increased attention from both public and scientific communities. With an increase in overall lifespan, promoting healthy cognition has become a priority and a necessity for minimizing and preventing individual and societal burdens associated with cognitive dysfunctions in the elderly. The general awareness concerning the efficacy of preventive (e.g., lifestyles) and palliative treatment strategies of cognitive impairments, related to either healthy or unhealthy trajectories in cognitive aging, is continuously rising. There are several therapeutic strategies which can be broadly classified as either pharmacological or non-pharmacological/psychosocial. In face of the modest evidence for success of pharmacological treatments, especially for dementia related impairments, psychosocial interventions are progressively considered as a complementary treatment. Despite the relative spread of psychosocial interventions in clinical settings, research in this area is rather scarce with evidence for success of these therapies remaining controversial. In this work we provide an evidence based perspective on cognitive intervention(s) for healthy aging, pre-dementia (mild cognitive impairment), and dementia populations. Current evidence and future directions for improving cognitive functions in the elderly are discussed as well.

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AgingCognitionCognitive interventionDementiaNon-pharmacological therapies

Identifiers

PMID24340275
PMCPMC3856300

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