The goal of this clinical trial\]is to evaluate if learning to play traditional board games could improve cognition in subjects with mild cognitive impairment and subjective cognitive decline. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Do Go and Chess improve cognition? * Is a game better than the other? Is the effect of both games on cognition synergistic? * Do Go and Chess improve quality of life? * Do Go and Chess improve mood? * Do Go and Chess improve lifestyle? Participants will be randomized to one of four groups: * Group intervention with Go, once a week, for 12 weeks * Group intervention with Chess, once a week, for 12 weeks * Group intervention with Go and Chess, twice a week, for 12 weeks * Control group
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
80
Classes of board games (Go), performed in groups of 6-10 subjects, once a week
Classes of board games (Chess), performed in groups of 6-10 subjects, once a week
Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori
Monza, Lombardy, Italy
General cognition
Differences in Montreal Cognitive Assessment between groups \[continuous scale, 0-30, higher scores indicate better performances\]
Time frame: 12 weeks
Digit Span Forward
Differences in Digit Span Forward between groups \[continuous scale, 0-9, higher scores indicate better performances\]
Time frame: 12 weeks
Digit Span Backwards
Differences in Digit Span Backwards between groups \[continuous scale, 0-9, higher scores indicate better performances\]
Time frame: 12 weeks
Trail Making Test - part A
Differences in Trail Making Test - part A between groups \[time to complete the task, min 0 seconds, max N/A, higher scores indicate worse performances\]
Time frame: 12 weeks
Trail Making Test - part B
Differences in Trail Making Test - part B between groups \[time to complete the task, min 0 seconds, max N/A, higher scores indicate worse performances\]
Time frame: 12 weeks
Semantic fluency
Differences in Semantic fluency between groups \[continuous scale, min 0, max N/A, higher scores indicate better performances\]
Time frame: 12 weeks
Quality of life indicator
Differences in WHO Quality of life (WHO-QoL) scale between groups \[continuous scale, min 0 max 100, higher scores indicate better quality of life\]
Time frame: 12 weeks
Depression
Differences in geriatric depression scale scale between groups \[continuous scale, min 0 max 15, higher scores indicate worse depression\]
Time frame: 12 weeks
Lifestyle
Differences in simple lifestyle indicator questionnaire scale between groups \[continuous scale, min 0 max 10, higher scores indicate healthier lifestyle\]
Time frame: 12 weeks
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