Effects of Cognitive Stimulation in Older People With Mild Cognitive Impairment

University of Jaén

Status: Completed

Conditions: Older People; Mild Cognitive Impairment

Treatments: Other: Cognitive stimulation group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04663256

University of Jaén_2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

Mild cognitive impairment is becoming one of the most common cynical manifestations that affect older people. That is why there is a need to investigate non-pharmacological interventions that help to improve or maintain this problem.

Full description

Each week for 12 weeks, GE participants will attend three 60-minute sessions of cognitive exercises. Each session is divided into 10 minutes of memory practice, which includes short-term and long-term memory; 10 minutes of language skills, including vocabulary, comprehension, reading and writing exercises; 10 minutes of calculation, in which arithmetic, similar and different operations are carried out; 10 minutes of praxis and gnosis where drawing and recognition and auditory, tactile, spatial, visual attention were promoted; 10 minutes of orientation where knowledge of space, person and place is developed; and 10 minutes of executive functions in which exercises of organization, planning and problem solving are worked.

Enrollment: 85 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 70+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• With or without dependency to move.
• People who show mild cognitive impairment.
• That they were able to carry out the different selected questionnaires.

Exclusion criteria

• People with visual deficit.
• People already enrolled in a cognitive program.
• Score between 24 and 10 in the Mini Cognitive Exam (MEC).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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85 participants in 2 patient groups

Cognitive Stimulation Group

Experimental group

Description:

This group receives physical training based on exercises for cognitive stimulation.

Treatment:

Other: Cognitive stimulation group

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

This group does not receive any treatment.