The feasibility of working memory training in COPD patients and the efficacy on cognitive performance, self-control, and stress response
Completed
- Conditions
- chronic bronchitisCOPDemphysema1000984110006436
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON47327
- Lead Sponsor
- Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 75
Inclusion Criteria
Diagnosis of COPD
Motivation to participate in the training
Exclusion Criteria
Disease and or disability limiting the ability to undergo a neuropsychological testing battery and/or to follow a working memory training (e.g., blindness)
Neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer*s Disease or cerebrovascular disease)
Insufficient mastery of the Dutch language
Individuals who during the study period are or will be participating in an inpatient PR programme
Individuals who during the study period are or will be participating in another interventional study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Cognitive performance and feasibility of the trial, measured as the number of<br /><br>working memory training sessions completed by the participants (adherence), and<br /><br>their performance therein.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Dietary advice compliance, daily physical activity level and pattern, physical<br /><br>performance, self control / impulsivity, motivation, acute and chronic stress</p><br>