Mild Cognitive Impairment
Conditions
Interventions
Trial group:Acupuncture combined with cognitive training
Control group:Sham-acupuncture combined with cognitive training
Sponsors
Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
50 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age: 50-80 years old; 2. Meet the diagnostic criteria, be able to carry out normal expression and cooperate with treatment; 3. Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score: =19 for participants with elementary education, =24 for those with junior-high-school education or above; 4. Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) score: >20 for participants with elementary education, and >24 for those with junior-high-school education or above; 5. Patients who are willing to participate in this subject and sign the informed consent can participate in the clinical treatment and research.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. cognitive impairments caused by definite etiology, such as cerebrovascular disease, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's disease, etc; 2. Severe heart disease, liver disease, kidney disease, hematopoietic system disease, nutritional disorders, etc; 3. Illiteracy, color blindness, severe visual/auditory/language impairment, etc. who cannot cooperate with the scale assessment; 4. Poor compliance, unable to cooperate with the diagnosis and treatment and follow-up visits; 5. Patients who have received acupuncture treatment 2 weeks before enrollment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Montreal Cognitive Assessment ; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mini-mental state examination;Activities of daily living;Auditory verbal learning test (Huashan Edition));Digit span test;Stroop's color word test;Verbal fluency test;Clock drawing test; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactQinhui Fu
Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed