[Long-term effect analysis of a cognitive stimulation program in mild cognitive impairment elderly in Primary Care: A randomized controlled trial].

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To provide evidence about the efficacy of a community health intervention through a cognitive stimulation program at long term in older people with mild cognitive impairment.

Design

Randomized controlled trial (CONSORT group norms).

Location

San José Norte-Centro Primary Care Center and La Caridad Foundation (Zaragoza, Spain).

Participants

Twenty-nine people over 65 years old with a 24-27 MEC score that completed 48 months follow up. They were randomized between the intervention group (15) and the control group (14).

Interventions

The intervention was applied in 10 sessions of 45min for 10 weeks using the red notebook tool for mental activation that works memory, orientation, language, praxis, gnosis, calculation, perception, logical reasoning,

SUBMITTER: Gomez-Soria I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8066353 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature