cognitive healthy elderly inmates F06.7
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Cognitive training (NEUROvitalis, Baller et al., 2009)
twice per week for 6 weeks, 90 minutes per session
Sponsors
Medizinische Psychologie | Neuropsychologie und Gender Studies, Medizinische Fakultät und Uniklinik Köln, Universität zu Köln
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
50 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Prisoners of the old-age-divisions of the prisions in Rheinbach and Detmold, Germany; male gender; age: 50 years and older; German as native language or sufficient language skills to actively participate in the cognitive training program as well as in the neuropsychological examinations; good or sufficiently corrected vision and hearing.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Physical impairment or illness that precludes study participation (e.g., bedriddenness, blindness, deafness); Cognitive impairment to the extent of dementia (operationalized via the DemTect = 8 points; Kalbe et al., 2004); known intellectual disability
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Global Cognition (operationalized with a cognitive screening instrument; Mini-Mental-Status-Examination (MMSE) and DemTect) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactAnn-Kristin Folkerts
Medizinische Psychologie | Neuropsychologie und Gender Studies, Medizinische Fakultät und Uniklinik Köln, Universität zu Köln
Outcome results
None listed