Feasibility and first results of a group program to increase the frequency of cognitively stimulating leisure activities in people with mild cognitive impairment (AKTIVA–MCI)

  • AKTIVA-MCI is a program for patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) that aims to enhance participation in cognitively stimulating leisure activities. Participation in cognitively stimulating activities seems to be a potential strategy for people with MCI delaying cognitive decline for a while. In total, 35 MCI patients were enrolled in the pilot study of whom 29 completed the whole program (16 female, 71.1±7.5 years; Mini Mental Status Examination score: 28±2.2). Daily activity protocols were used to measure the frequency of participation in cognitively stimulating activities during the program (12 sessions). Additional standardized psychometric tests and questionnaires were used to assess cognition, mood, and subjective memory decline. Analyses of the daily activity protocols showed that during the intervention participants increased the frequency of several cognitively stimulating leisure activities. Comparison of pre-post data indicates no changes in cognitive status, mood, and subjective memory decline. These findings indicate that the program is suitable for patients with MCI.
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Author:Valentina Tesky, Theresa Köbe, A. Veronica WitteORCiDGND, Agnes Flöel, Jan Philipp Schuchardt, Andreas Hahn, Johannes PantelORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-450546
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S139146
ISSN:1178-1998
ISSN:1176-9092
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28979108
Parent Title (German):Clinical interventions in aging
Publisher:DOVE Medical Press
Place of publication:Albany, Auckland
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2017
Date of first Publication:2017/09/27
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2017/12/07
Tag:MCI; cognitively stimulating leisure activities; daily activity protocols; intervention study; older people; pilot study; training program
Volume:12
Page Number:11
First Page:1459
Last Page:1469
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HeBIS-PPN:427940494
Institutes:Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Open-Access-Publikationsfonds:Medizin
Licence (English):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 4.0

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