Evaluation of the Effects of the New Program for Cognitive Enhancement and Improvement in the Elderly

Samsung Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aging

Treatments: Other: Cognitive rehabilitation program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03401775

2015-10-080-005

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of cognitive rehabilitation program on the improvement of cognitive functions in normal elderly subjects.

Full description

The cognitive rehabilitation program was developed to improve cognitive functions of the elderly or patients with cognitive impairments. The study will enroll 40 healthy subjects with a normal cognitive function between 55 and 85 years of age. Forty subjects will be randomly assigned into two groups. Subjects in the intervention group will receive four weeks of cognitive rehabilitation training, three times per week and 30 minutes per day. The control group will not receive any intervention. The investigator will measure their cognitive and brain functions three times at pre-intervention, post-intervention and four weeks after intervention to assess the effectiveness of the cognitive training program.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Normal Healthy individuals
• No cognitive impairments
• No history of neurologic diseases

Exclusion criteria

• Severe cognitive problems
• Other problems disturbing cognitive tests

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Group1

Experimental group

Description:

Cognitive rehabilitation program will be administered for 4 weeks, three times a week, 30 minutes a day

Treatment:

Other: Cognitive rehabilitation program

Group2

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention will be administered