Effects of a Daily Cognition Training Programme on Cognitive Function, Emotional State, Frailty and Functionality in Older Adults Without Cognitive Impairment
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Functional Status
- Sponsor
- University of Salamanca
- Enrollment
- 99
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Everyday cognition.
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
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.
Detailed Description
The present study aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of programmes that use everyday cognition for the assessment and intervention of healthy elderly people with the aim of maintaining or improving autonomy, compared to other programmes based on traditional cognitive stimulation, whose benefits do not generalise to significant improvements in everyday life. In addition, the investigators seek to relate how the presence of depression in older people impacts on everyday cognition, and therefore on the functionality of IADLs. 2. WORKING HYPOTHESIS AND MAIN OBJECTIVES TO BE ACHIEVED 1. WORKING HYPOTHESES * Alternative hypothesis (H1): Everyday cognition training programmes are more effective than traditional cognitive stimulation on cognitive function, emotional state, frailty and functionality in older adults without cognitive impairment. * Null hypothesis (Ho): Everyday cognition training programmes are not more effective than traditional cognitive stimulation on cognitive function, emotional state, frailty and functionality in older adults without cognitive impairment. In order to validate or disprove the main hypothesis, the following objectives have been developed: 2. OBJECTIVES: i. MAIN OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of a daily cognition training programme versus a traditional cognitive stimulation programme in older adults without cognitive impairment, for cognitive function, emotional state, frailty and functionality. ii. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: * To compare the differences in the emotional state of older adults without cognitive impairment between the everyday cognition training programme and traditional cognitive stimulation. * To contrast the differences in the cognitive function of older adults without cognitive impairment between the daily cognition training programme and traditional cognitive stimulation. * To analyse the differences in the frailty index of older adults without cognitive impairment between the daily cognition training programme and traditional cognitive stimulation. * To identify the differences in the functionality of older adults without cognitive impairment between the daily cognition training programme and traditional cognitive stimulation.
Investigators
Prof. Dr. Eduardo J Fernández Rodríguez
Professor
University of Salamanca
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •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.
Exclusion Criteria
- •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.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Everyday cognition.
Time Frame: 35 minutes
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.
Secondary Outcomes
- Emotional state.(10minutes)
- Instrumental activities of daily living(5 minutes)
- Functionality.(15 minutes)
- Cognitive function.(10 minutes)
- Fragility.(5 minutes)