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Trial reportBMC psychiatry2024

A feasibility, randomised controlled trial of Club Connect: a group-based healthy brain ageing cognitive training program for older adults with major depression within an older people's mental health service.

Claudia Woolf, L Kaplan, L M Norrie, D Burke, M Cunich, L Mowszowski, S L Naismith

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Everyday functioning in treatment-resistant late-life depression: The mediating role of cognition.Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Claudia WoolfOlder People's Mental Health Service, St Vincent's Hospital, 390 Victoria St, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia. claudia.woolf@svha.org.au.
L KaplanOlder People's Mental Health Service, St Vincent's Hospital, 390 Victoria St, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia.
L M NorrieOlder People's Mental Health Service, St Vincent's Hospital, 390 Victoria St, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia.
D BurkeOlder People's Mental Health Service, St Vincent's Hospital, 390 Victoria St, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia.
M CunichCharles Perkins Centre, The Faculty of Medicine and Health (Central Clinical School), The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
L Mowszowski *Healthy Brain Ageing Program, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
S L Naismith *Older People's Mental Health Service, St Vincent's Hospital, 390 Victoria St, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUsing the RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, maintenance) framework, we outline steps taken to implement an evidence-based cognitive training program, Club Connect, in older adults with major depressive disorder in an Older People's Mental Health Service in Sydney, Australia. The primary aim was to explore feasibility (or 'reach'), tolerability (or 'implementation'), and acceptability (or 'adoption'). The secondary aim was to explore the most sensitive clinical outcomes and measurement tools (i.e. 'effectiveness') to inform a formal randomised controlled trial, and to explore the healthcare resources used (i.e. costs) to assist decision-making by health care managers and policy-makers in relation to future resource allocation.

methodsUsing a single blinded feasibility design, 40 participants (mean age: 76.13 years, SD: 7.45, range: 65-95 years) were randomised to either (a) Club Connect, a 10-week group-based multifaceted program, comprising psychoeducation and computer-based cognitive training, or (b) a waitlist control group.

resultsImplementing group-based cognitive training within a clinical setting was feasible, well tolerated and accepted by participants. Further, cognitive training, in comparison to the waiting list control, was associated with moderate to very large effect size improvements in depression, stress and inhibition (ηp

conclusionsOur findings support the feasibility of implementing group-based cognitive training into a specialised clinical (public health) setting. This trial was registered on the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry (ACTRN12619000195156, 12/02/2019).

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Major Depressive DisorderMental Health ServicesAgedAgingAustraliaBrainCognitive TrainingDepressionFeasibility StudiesHumansCognitive remediationCognitive trainingDepressionFeasibilityImplementationOlder adults

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PMID38500095
PMCPMC10946102

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