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Effects of a program combining walking and cognitive training on memory and behavior of older persons with dementia.

Recruiting
Conditions
dementia, cognitive, walking, face-name learning, combined interventiondementie, cognitie, lopen, gezichtsherkenning, gecombineerde therapie
Registration Number
NL-OMON27039
Lead Sponsor
VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Psychology and Education, department of Clinical NeuropsychologyAmsterdam
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
164
Inclusion Criteria

1. Living in a nursing home;

2. Aged older than 70 years;

Exclusion Criteria

Residents will be excluded if they have any of the following:

1. A Mini-Mental State Examination score of 17
2. Visual disturbances precluding cognitive assessment;

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Working memory: Digit span backward;<br /><br>2. Verbal fluency: From the Groninger Intelligence Test (GIT) the word fluency animals and word fluency occupations subtests;<br /><br>3. Inhibion: Stroop color-word test;<br /><br>4. Memory: From the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT) the faces recognition and picture recognition subtests; from the Amsterdam Dementia-Screeningstest (ADS-6) the eight word test.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Global cognition: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE);<br /><br>2. Frailty: Tilbuger Frailty Indicator (TFI);<br /><br>3. Depressive symptoms: Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-30);<br /><br>4. Face-name learning data base;<br /><br>5. Face recognition (free recall, visual recognition, verbal recognition);<br /><br>6. Endurance: 6 minute walking test;<br /><br>7. Strength: Sit to stand test;<br /><br>8. Walking speed: Timed Up and Go (TUG), 6m walk test, 10m walk test.
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