Ten-year effects of the advanced cognitive training for independent and vital elderly cognitive training trial on cognition and everyday functioning in older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the effects of cognitive training on cognitive abilities and everyday function over 10 years.

Design

Ten-year follow-up of a randomized, controlled single-blind trial (Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE)) with three intervention groups and a no-contact control group.

Setting

Six U.S. cities.

Participants

A volunteer sample of 2,832 persons (mean baseline age 73.6; 26% African American) living independently.

Intervention

Ten training sessions for memory, reasoning, or speed of processing; four sessions of booster training 11 and 35 months after initial training.

Measurements

Objectively measured cognitive abilities and self-reported and performance-based measures of everyday function.

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SUBMITTER: Rebok GW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4055506 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature