Effects of a Daily Cognition Training in Older Adults Without Cognitive Impairment

NCT05688163 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: University of Salamanca
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 99
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To evaluate the effectiveness of a daily cognition training programme versus a traditional cognitive stimulation programme in cognitively unimpaired older adults on cognitive function, emotional state, frailty and functionality.

Conditions

Functional Status; Cognitive Impairment; Occupational Therapy

Keywords

Functional Status; Cognition Therapy; Cognitive Impairment; Occupational therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Everyday cognition.

  The Test for the Assessment of Everyday Cognition measures the ability of older people to solve everyday problems through performance tasks whose resolution depends on their cognitive capacity. The abilities tested are planning ability and cognitive flexibility, verbal working memory, reasoning, episodic memory, episodic memory and crystallised intelligence. The result is a direct estimation of the person's functional capacity by means of 12 real situations grouped into 6 areas: medication, administrative management, financial management, meal preparation, transport and shopping. The administration time is about 35 minutes.

  35 minutes

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Cognitive function.

  10 minutes

• Emotional state.

  10minutes

• Instrumental activities of daily living

  5 minutes

• Functionality.

  15 minutes

• Fragility.

  5 minutes

Study Arms (2)

traditional cognitive stimulation

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The control group will carry out the programme based on traditional cognitive stimulation. Individual cognitive skills such as attention, memory, executive functions, orientation, praxis, calculation, visual perception and reasoning will be trained. The materials and media used will be a cognitive stimulation notebook created for the study which includes cards in printed paper format to be completed by the participants.

Other: traditional cognitive stimulation

programme based on everyday cognition

EXPERIMENTAL

The experimental group, on the other hand, will carry out a programme based on everyday cognition, i.e. the use of cognitive functions to solve real everyday problems that occur in our daily lives and that allow us to be autonomous in our homes, such as preparing food, taking care of the house, using transport, shopping, using the telephone, medication, financial management and access to information and current affairs. As material for use as for the traditional cognitive stimulation sessions, a training booklet on everyday cognition has been created which includes all the sessions mentioned above.

Other: programme based on everyday cognition

Interventions

programme based on everyday cognition OTHER

Will carry out a programme based on everyday cognition, As material for use as for the traditional cognitive stimulation sessions, a training booklet on everyday cognition has been created which includes all the sessions mentioned above. Each day one of these tasks will be worked on.

programme based on everyday cognition

traditional cognitive stimulation OTHER

Individual cognitive skills such as attention, memory, executive functions, orientation, praxis, calculation, visual perception and reasoning will be trained. The materials and media used will be a cognitive stimulation notebook created for the study which includes cards in printed paper format to be completed by the participants.

traditional cognitive stimulation

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Be aged 60 years or older.
• Voluntarily sign the informed consent form about the project, authorising their participation.
• Carry out the initial assessment.
• Be admitted to the programme from the start of the programme.

You may not qualify if:

• No literacy skills or significant deficits in language comprehension.
• Institutionalised person.
• Have a clinical diagnosis of cognitive impairment.
• Participate in another cognitive stimulation programme during the intervention process.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Salamanca: lead

Study Sites (1)

Eduardo José Fernández Rodríguez

Salamanca, España, 37002, Spain

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Saez-Gutierrez S, Fernandez-Rodriguez EJ, Sanchez-Gomez C, Garcia-Martin A, Barbero-Iglesias FJ, Sanchez Aguadero N. Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial: Effect of an everyday cognition training program on cognitive function, emotional state, frailty and functioning in older adults without cognitive impairment. PLoS One. 2024 Mar 29;19(3):e0300898. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300898. eCollection 2024.

  PMID: 38551981 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cognitive Dysfunction

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cognition Disorders; Neurocognitive Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 8, 2023
• First Posted: January 18, 2023
• Study Start: June 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: September 30, 2023
• Study Completion: December 31, 2023
• Last Updated: April 14, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: From the start of recruitment until two years after the end of recruitment.
• Access Criteria: All data will be made available upon request by contacting the following e-mail address: edujfr@usal.es.

Locations

ES (1)