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February 7, 2024Open Access

Efficacy of short-term intensive home-based cognitive training combined with physical exercise in older adults: a single-arm trial

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Key result

A 4-week intensive home-based cognitive and physical training program significantly improved cognitive function, balance, and activities of daily living in older adults.

Why the study?

Achieving consensus on optimal cognitive training dosage in older adults remains challenging, and short-term training may reduce dropout compared with long-term interventions.

Does a 4-week intensive home-based cognitive and physical training program improve cognitive and physical function in older adults?

Comparison

4-week intensive home-based cognitive training combined with physical exercise (single arm)

Design

Prospective single-arm intervention study

Follow-up

4 consecutive weeks

Authors

ILIkhyun LimSSSeyoung ShinHBHong-Seok Baek

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Overview

May support short-term home-based training in older adults; leaves open efficacy versus controls and optimal dosage.

Structured PICO

Does a 4-week intensive home-based cognitive and physical training program improve cognitive and physical function in older adults?

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Population
25 older adults aged 65-87 years capable of independent daily living, without significant cognitive impairment, who completed a 4-week home-based cognitive and physical training program.
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Intervention
4-week intensive home-based cognitive training (1-2 hours) and physical exercise (1 hour) for 5 days per week.
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Outcome
Changes in Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE), Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), and modified Barthel Index (MBI) scores before and after the 4-week intervention.surrogate

Main Result

Mean Difference: 0.64

Absolute Event Rate: 27.96% vs 27.32%

p-value: p=0.023

Short-term intensive home-based cognitive and physical training improves cognitive and physical functional status in older adults.

Limitations

  • Single-arm trial without a control group
  • Small sample size with unequal sex ratio
  • Discrepancies in the implementation rate according to tasks

Cite This Study

Lim et al. (2024) studied Healthy older adults (n=25). Short-term intensive home-based cognitive training combined with physical exercise vs. Baseline (single-arm) was evaluated on Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) score (MD 0.64, p=0.023). A 4-week intensive home-based cognitive and physical training program significantly improved cognitive function, balance, and activities of daily living in older adults.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7923946971db5bdd674f3dhttps://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3927684/v1
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