Effectiveness of a Home-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation Program in Patients With MCI

Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital50 enrolled

Overview

In this study, a more specific and systematic Home-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation Program Driven by a Tablet Application is developed and the purpose of the program is to check whether cognitive function is improved when the program is applied to patients with MCI.

The subjects of recruitment were the elderly with mild cognitive impairment living in the local community. Assessments were conducted 7 days before and after the intervention. Subjects received Korean-Montreal Cognitive Assessment(MoCA), semantic verbal emory test (SVLT), number memorization test; Digit Span Test (DST), category word fluency test (CWFT), phonemic word fluency test (PWFT), Korean-mini mental state test (K-MMSE), and geriatric depression scale (GDS) before and 8 weeks after the intervention.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Cognitive Impairment Mild Cognitive Impairment

Interventions

Home based cognitive rehabilitation programOTHER

The home based cognitive rehabilitation program intervention was conducted for 30 minutes each time, 3 times a week for 8 weeks, a total of 24 times.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 55 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Men and women over the age of 55 2. Those who have visual and auditory abilities without difficulties in conducting this research 3. Those with K-MMSE (Korean-Mini Mental State Examination) score of 24 or higher and 16≤K-MoCA score\<23 4. In the case of patients taking dementia treatment, those who have the same treatment regimen and dose for 3 months or more from the screening date 5. A person who can understand and respond to the questionnaire questions. 6. A person who voluntarily decided to participate in this study and gave written consent to the informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: 1. Those with a history of alcohol or drug abuse, 2. Those with a past history of uniaxial psychiatric disorders, including intellectual disability, schizophrenia, alcoholism, and bipolar disorder 3. A person who is unable to communicate 4. Those who show all neurological symptoms that cause cognitive decline, such as Parkinson's disease, cerebral hemorrhage, brain tumor, and hydrocephalus 5. Those with a record of being unconscious for more than 1 hour due to head trauma or mild repetitive head trauma 6. Those with symptoms of depression that may affect cognitive function

Locations (1)

Pusan national university Yangsan Hospital

Gyeongsang, Yangsan, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change of the Korean-Montreal cognitive assessment(MoCA) score

It is a tool to evaluate overall cognitive function. Possible scores range from 0(lowest cognitive function) to 30 (highest cognitive function). Change = Paired t-test with baseline score and week 8 score.