Telehealth Rehabilitation for Cognitive Impairment: Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nonpharmacological interventions are needed to support the function of older adults struggling with subjective cognitive impairment (SCI), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and dementia due to Alzheimer disease (AD). Telerehabilitation aims to provide rehabilitation at a distance, but cognitive rehabilitation by videoconferencing has not been explored.

Objective

The objective of this study was to compare goal-oriented cognitive rehabilitation delivered in-person with videoconferencing to determine whether telehealth cognitive rehabilitation appears feasible.

Methods

Random assignment to in-person or telehealth videoconferencing cognitive rehabilitation with a combined between-subjects, multiple baseline single-case experimental design, cognitive rehabilitati

SUBMITTER: Burton RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5824099 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature