Key result
Cognitive training and stimulation programs were associated with a tendency to reduce depressive symptoms, increase fat mass, and decrease lean mass in elderly women.
Why the study?
To verify if cognitive gains from two cognitive intervention programs are related to changes in mood, quality of life, and physical fitness variables in elderly individuals.
Do cognitive interventions improve mood, quality of life, and physical fitness in elderly women?
Cohort (n=39)
No
Do cognitive interventions improve mood, quality of life, and physical fitness in elderly women?
Cognitive interventions in elderly women may be associated with reduced depressive symptoms but also increased fat mass and decreased lean mass.
Should not yet change practice; leaves open whether cognitive programs benefit mood without adverse body composition effects.
Several types of cognitive interventions have been performed with elderly individuals to verify physical and quality of life benefits. The objective of this study was to verify if the cognitive gains found in two cognitive intervention programs are related to changes in the mood, quality of life and physical fitness variables (maximum oxygen consumption, lean mass, fat percentage and handgrip strength). A total of 39 elderly women from the Distrito Federal (Brazil), participating in a cognitive training group based on mnemonic strategies and a group of cognitive stimulation based on perceptual and attention exercises. Both groups showed a tendency to reduce depressive symptoms, an increase in their fat mass and a decrease in their lean mass. Taken together, these findings may contribute to identify the directionality of mnemonic interventions in Brazilian elderly individuals regarding the subjective and physical performance variables.
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Chariglione et al. (2020) conducted a cohort in Elderly (n=39). Cognitive training based on mnemonic strategies vs. Cognitive stimulation based on perceptual and attention exercises was evaluated on Changes in mood, quality of life and physical fitness variables (maximum oxygen consumption, lean mass, fat percentage and handgrip strength). Cognitive training and stimulation programs were associated with a tendency to reduce depressive symptoms, increase fat mass, and decrease lean mass in elderly women.
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