Vision and hearing difficulty and effects of cognitive training in older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cognitive training is delivered visually and aurally. It is unknown whether self-reported sensory difficulty modifies the effects of cognitive training on cognition.

Methods

Participants (N = 2788) in the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly Study were randomized to training in memory, reasoning, speed of processing, or control. Differences in the 10-year effect of cognitive training on cognition by self-reported vision and hearing difficulty were assessed using linear mixed effect models.

Results

Benefit (intervention vs. control) of reasoning training was smaller among participants with versus without vision difficulty (difficulty: -0.25, 95% confidence interval: [-0.88, 0.39], no difficulty: 0.58 [0.28, 0.89]). Benefit of

SUBMITTER: Huang AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11002773 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature