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The Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center’s Symposium on Mild Cognitive Impairment. Cognitive training in older adults: Lessons from the ACTIVE study

Authors

Unverzagt, Frederick, Smith, David, Rebok, George, Marsiske, Michael, Morris, John, Jones, Richard, Willis, Sherry, Ball, Karlene, King, Jonathan, Koepke, Kathy, Stoddard, Anne, Tennstedt, Sharon

Journal

Current Alzheimer Research, Volume: 6, No.: 4, Pages.: 375-383

Year of Publication

2009

Abstract

This paper is based on a presentation made during the Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center’s Symposium on Mild Cognitive Impairment on April 19, 2008. The results of the ACTIVE study (Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly) were presented at the symposium including review of previously published study findings. The ACTIVE study is a multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial that has been examining the long-term effectiveness of cognitive training on enhancing mental abilities (memory, reasoning, and attention) and preserving activities of daily living (managing finances, taking medication, using the telephone, and driving) in older adults. Six centers across the eastern United States enrolled nearly 3000 people initially. Participants underwent detailed assessments of mental and functional ability on multiple occasions over several years of follow-up. ACTIVE has shown positive effects of cognitive training at 5 years post-intervention for basic mental abilities, health-related quality of life, and improved ability to perform instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). A subgroup analysis through 2 years of follow-up suggested that subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) did not benefit from memory training; however, they did benefit, to the same degree as cognitively normal participants, from training in reasoning and speed of processing. This finding suggests that MCI may interfere with a person’s ability to benefit from some forms of cognitive enhancement. Limitations of ACTIVE and directions for future research are reviewed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). (journal abstract)

Bibtex Citation

@article{Unverzagt_2009, doi = {10.2174/156720509788929345}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156720509788929345}, year = 2009, month = {aug}, publisher = {Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.}, volume = {6}, number = {4}, pages = {375--383}, author = {Frederick Unverzagt and David Smith and George Rebok and Michael Marsiske and John Morris and Richard Jones and Sherry Willis and Karlene Ball and Jonathan King and Kathy Koepke and Anne Stoddard and Sharon Tennstedt}, title = {The Indiana Alzheimer Disease Centers Symposium on Mild Cognitive Impairment. Cognitive Training in Older Adults: Lessons from the {ACTIVE} Study}, journal = {{CAR}} }

Keywords

abilities, activities of daily living, alzheimer disease, alzheimer’s disease, cognitive, cognitive impairment, cognitive therapy, cognitive training, enhance, geriatrics, mental, mild cognitive impairment, quality of life, to, training

Countries of Study

USA

Types of Dementia

Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)

Types of Study

Randomised Controlled Trial

Type of Outcomes

ADLs/IADLs, Cognition

Type of Interventions

Non-pharmacological Treatment, Risk Factor Modification

Risk Factor Modifications

General population health promotion

Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions

Adult safeguarding and abuse detection/prevention