Does Cognitive Training Reduce Falls across Ten Years?: Data from the ACTIVE Trial.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of cognitive training on the risk of experiencing a fall across 10 years. The study used data from the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) randomized controlled trial. Older adults aged 65-94 were randomly assigned to speed of processing, memory, or reasoning training or to a no-contact control group (n = 2802). The experience of a fall in the prior two months was assessed at baseline and at 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10 years posttest. Cox proportional hazards explored group differences in the total sample, as well as group differences for participants classified as low risk (n = 2360) and high risk (n = 442) for future falls. The data were censored at the first reported fall postbaseline. Aft

SUBMITTER: Sprague BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10048914 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature