Information and communication technologies for the improvement of cognitive function in healthy older adults: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mild cognitive impairment is one of the consequences of ageing, causing functional disability, a poor quality of life and an increased socioeconomic expenditure. Evidence shows that patients go through a long preclinical stage in which cognitive deficits appear subtly until they reach the threshold of dementia. Non-pharmacological interventions have been gaining ground as prevention of modifiable factors of cognitive decline such as obesity, diabetes, physical inactivity or social isolation. Along these lines, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be a tool for cognitive stimulation, cognitive training and cognitive rehabilitation. The main objective of the systematic review will be to review and analyse the use of ICTs for the improvement of cognitive

SUBMITTER: Pastells-Peiro R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8679132 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature