New Wine in Old Bottle: the Effects of SUDOKU Mind Activation and Revitalizing Training (SMART) Program on Cognitive Function Among People With Mild Cognitive Impairment
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 262
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- The digit span-forward and backward test
研究概览
简要总结
This study aims to implement a SUDOKU Mind Activation and Revitalization Training (SMART) Program to promote cognitive health among patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and the use of active mind strategy in preventing dementia among the older adults. The SMART Program consists of two components including, a community empowerment-educational campaign on active mind strategies for older adults, and a 24-week SUDOKU Training Programme for people with MCI.
详细描述
This study aims to implement a SMART Program to promote cognitive health among patients with MCI, and the use of active mind strategy in preventing dementia among the older adults. The SMART Program consists of two components including, a community empowerment-educational campaign on active mind strategies for older adults, and a 24-week SUDOKU Training Programme for people with MCI.
The community empowerment-educational campaign will be conducted in the elderly care centres of the two collaborating non-governmental organizations, with the purpose of increasing the awareness of people aged 55 or above on the importance of maintaining an active mind and preventing age-related cognitive decline and dementia. The campaign will include cognitive screening, poster exhibition, booth exhibition and individual counselling.
The SUDOKU training program include a 12-week face-to-face training session and a 12-week facilitated self-practice. The face-to-face sessions aim at developing the skills of the participants in solving the SUDOKU using the T-code. The 12-week training program will be evenly divided into three modules of increasing difficulty, with consideration given to the suboptimal cognitive function of the participants with MCI. These modules are developed by the Co-investigator who has rich prior experience in teaching older adults on SUDOKU puzzle.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 55 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •People with MCI as defined by a score of 19-26 out of the 30 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in the general public and aged 55 or above.
排除标准
- •Persons with dementia and communication problems will be excluded.
研究组 & 干预措施
24-week SUDOKU Training Programme
The SUDOKU training program include a 12-week face-to-face training session and a 12-week facilitated self-practice. The 12-week (60-minute sessions) training program will be evenly divided into 3 modules of increasing difficulty for the suboptimal cognitive function of the participants with MCI. As the use of T-code in solving the SUDOKU allows communicating the way a number is assigned to a box, participants are grouped into a small team of 3, so that they will work together during the tutorial practice.
Facilitated self-practice will last for another 12 weeks immediately after the group training session. The instructor will give them a workbook with 12 SUDOKU puzzles of increasing level of difficulty for completion. The instructor will encourage and facilitate their accomplishment by giving them guidance on the taught method through regular phone call. Solutions of the assigned puzzle and the T-code will be provided in the following week.
干预措施: 24-week SUDOKU Training Programme (Behavioral)
wait-list
wait-list comparison group will receive the same program upon completion of the 6-month posttest evaluation on study outcomes
干预措施: Control Arm (wait-list) (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
The digit span-forward and backward test
时间窗: 24-week
To measure attention and working memory
The list learning delayed recall test
时间窗: 24-week
To measure episodic memory
Cantonese version of the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog)
时间窗: 24-week
To evaluate various domains of cognition
Trail-Making Test Part A and B
时间窗: 24-week
To measure complex attention, executive function and task switching
Cantonese version of the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog)
时间窗: Baseline
To evaluate various domains of cognition
Cantonese version of the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog)
时间窗: 12-week
To evaluate various domains of cognition
The digit span-forward and backward test
时间窗: Baseline
To measure attention and working memory
The digit span-forward and backward test
时间窗: 12-week
To measure attention and working memory
The list learning delayed recall test
时间窗: Baseline
To measure episodic memory
The list learning delayed recall test
时间窗: 12-week
To measure episodic memory
Trail-Making Test Part A and B
时间窗: Baseline
To measure complex attention, executive function and task switching
Trail-Making Test Part A and B
时间窗: 12-week
To measure complex attention, executive function and task switching
次要结局
- Memory Inventory for Chinese(24-week)
- The 36-item Chinese version of the Short Form 36 (SF-36)(24-week)
- Memory Inventory for Chinese(Baseline)
- Memory Inventory for Chinese(12-week)
- The 36-item Chinese version of the Short Form 36 (SF-36)(Baseline)
研究者
Prof. Yu, Doris Sau Fung
Professor
The University of Hong Kong