Effects of a mindfulness-based versus a health self-management intervention on objective cognitive performance in older adults with subjective cognitive decline (SCD): a secondary analysis of the SCD-Well randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older individuals with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) perceive that their cognition has declined but do not show objective impairment on neuropsychological tests. Individuals with SCD are at elevated risk of objective cognitive decline and incident dementia. Non-pharmacological interventions (including mindfulness-based and health self-management approaches) are a potential strategy to maintain or improve cognition in SCD, which may ultimately reduce dementia risk.

Methods

This study utilized data from the SCD-Well randomized controlled trial. One hundred forty-seven older adults with SCD (M_Age = 72.7 years; 64% female) were recruited from memory clinics in four European countries and randomized to one of two group-based, 8-week interventions: a Car

SUBMITTER: Whitfield T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9446839 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature