Effects of Nintendo Switch on Rehabilitation Programs for Elderly People With Cognitive Impairment

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Status: Completed

Conditions: Occupational Therapy; Cognitive Impairment; Elderly People; Healthy Aging

Treatments: Procedure: Conventional occupational therapy sessions + Nintendo Switch; Procedure: Conventional occupational therapy sessions.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06129630

2702202309423

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose: Healthy aging is the process of optimizing opportunities for health, participation and safety in order to improve quality of life as people age. This study aimed to provide healthy aging for people with cognitive impairment through the use of the Nintendo Switch combined with Occupational Therapy sessions.

Material and methods: a randomized clinical trial was conducted. The sample was randomized using a software program, OxMar, which allowed the separation of the sample into a control group (CG), which received their usual sessions of conventional occupational therapy, and an experimental group (EG), which received therapy with Nintendo Switch, plus their conventional occupational therapy sessions. An 8-week intervention was conducted with Nintendo Switch.

Measures: Nine Hole Peg Test, Box and Block Test, Barthel Index, WHOQOL-BREF, CSQ-8.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult men or women, aged 65 years or older, cohabitating in the nursing home.
• Not presenting moderate or severe cognitive impairment measured through the MEC- Lobo test (score ≥ 24-35) (20).
• Agree to participate voluntarily, having read the project information sheet and signed the informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of neurodegenerative pathology.
• Presence of physical pathology that compromised the person's safety.
• Severe cognitive impairment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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32 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group (CG)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Control Group (CG), which received their usual sessions of conventional occupational therapy.

Treatment:

Procedure: Conventional occupational therapy sessions.

Experimental Group (EG)

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental Group (EG), which received therapy with Nintendo Switch, plus their conventional occupational therapy sessions.

Treatment:

Procedure: Conventional occupational therapy sessions + Nintendo Switch