1. The effects of combined cognitive training on prospective memory in older adults with mild cognitive impairment
- Author
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Rongrong Hu, Wei Zhou, Yifan Chen, Zijing Hong, Zhibin Guo, Shen Liu, and Lin Zhang
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Memory, Episodic ,Science ,education ,Neuropsychological Tests ,Article ,Executive Function ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Intervention (counseling) ,Prospective memory ,medicine ,Psychology ,Humans ,Cognitive Dysfunction ,Cognitive impairment ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Multidisciplinary ,business.industry ,Montreal Cognitive Assessment ,Cognition ,Strategy training ,Mental Status and Dementia Tests ,Cognitive training ,030205 complementary & alternative medicine ,Physical therapy ,Medicine ,Neuropsychological testing ,business ,Biomarkers ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
This study aimed to assess the effects of combined cognitive training on prospective memory ability of older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). A total of 113 participants were divided into a control group and three intervention groups. Over three months, the control group received only community education without any training, whereas for the first six weeks, an executive function training group received executive function training, a memory strategy training group received semantic encoding strategy training, and the combined cognitive training group received executive function training twice a week for the first six weeks, and semantic encoding strategy training twice a week for the next six weeks. The combined cognitive training group showed improvement on the objective neuropsychological testing (Montreal Cognitive Assessment scale). The memory strategy training group showed improvement on the self-evaluation scales (PRMQ-PM). Combined cognitive training improved the prospective memory and cognitive function of older adults with MCI.
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- 2021