TY - JOUR
T1 - Multicomponent intervention combining a cognitive stimulation group and tai chi to reduce cognitive decline among community-dwelling older adults with probable dementia
T2 - A multi-center, randomized controlled trial
AU - YOUNG, Daniel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/8/1
Y1 - 2020/8/1
N2 - Objective: This research study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention that combines a cognitive stimulation group and tai chi to reduce cognitive decline among community-dwelling Chinese older adults with probable dementia. Methods: A multi-center, randomized controlled trial design was adopted in this study. In addition to treat as usual, the treatment group (n = 41) participated in a structured cognitive stimulation group followed by tai chi twice a week, with a total of 14 sessions held during the study period. The control group (n = 39) received treat as usual. Mattis Dementia Rating Scale and Mini-Mental State Examination were used for assessing the cognitive abilities of participants in the pre- and post-treatment periods. Results: A 2 × 2 repeated measures analysis of covariance demonstrated that the treatment group was more effective than the control group on improving Dementia Rating Scale score (F = 7.45, p <.01) with a moderate effect size (partial eta square =.09) and Mini-Mental State Examination score (F = 9.96, p <.01) with a moderate to large effect size (partial eta square =.12) after controlling for age, gender, educational level, marital status, and number of physical illnesses. Conclusion: The present study demonstrates the effectiveness of the multicomponent intervention on improving cognitive ability among community-dwelling older adults with probable dementia, suggesting that the multicomponent intervention can facilitate early identification, assessment, and treatment for community-dwelling older adults with probable dementia.
AB - Objective: This research study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention that combines a cognitive stimulation group and tai chi to reduce cognitive decline among community-dwelling Chinese older adults with probable dementia. Methods: A multi-center, randomized controlled trial design was adopted in this study. In addition to treat as usual, the treatment group (n = 41) participated in a structured cognitive stimulation group followed by tai chi twice a week, with a total of 14 sessions held during the study period. The control group (n = 39) received treat as usual. Mattis Dementia Rating Scale and Mini-Mental State Examination were used for assessing the cognitive abilities of participants in the pre- and post-treatment periods. Results: A 2 × 2 repeated measures analysis of covariance demonstrated that the treatment group was more effective than the control group on improving Dementia Rating Scale score (F = 7.45, p <.01) with a moderate effect size (partial eta square =.09) and Mini-Mental State Examination score (F = 9.96, p <.01) with a moderate to large effect size (partial eta square =.12) after controlling for age, gender, educational level, marital status, and number of physical illnesses. Conclusion: The present study demonstrates the effectiveness of the multicomponent intervention on improving cognitive ability among community-dwelling older adults with probable dementia, suggesting that the multicomponent intervention can facilitate early identification, assessment, and treatment for community-dwelling older adults with probable dementia.
KW - cognitive stimulation therapy
KW - multicomponent intervention
KW - probable dementia
KW - randomized controlled trial
KW - tai chi
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U2 - 10.1177/1471301218814637
DO - 10.1177/1471301218814637
M3 - Article
C2 - 30486656
AN - SCOPUS:85059032922
VL - 19
SP - 2073
EP - 2089
JO - Dementia
JF - Dementia
SN - 1471-3012
IS - 6
ER -