None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Behavioral : Both the control group and the robot training group are given information about life style modification for dementia. The robot training group receives cognitive training everyday, 60 m
Sponsors
Ewha Womans University Medical Center
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Dementia patients over 60 years old who can read and write text. 2.Dementia judgment Criteria - Patients diagnosed with dementia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV - There is guardian who can meet patient over once a week and can give reliable information about patient - Early stage of dementia :the scores of Korean version of Mini-Mentel State Exam are more than or equal 18 less than or equal 26 - Global Clinical Dementia Rating Scale is 0.5 or 1 - No change in dosage of anti-dementic drugs until 3 months before the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. The elderly who have current or past major physical, neurological, or psychiatric disorders on history taking, physical examination, and laboratory test. 2. Those who have medical problems such as incurable diseases (end-of-life with a life expectancy of 3 months or less) 3. Those who have significant neurological disease that is required to be treated such as ischemic and hemorrhagic cerebral infarction. 4. Those who cannot read or write because of no education or illiteracy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Electroencephalogram | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Geriatric Depression Score, short form;Geriatric anxiety inventory;Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Public ContactBori Kim
Ewha Womens University
Outcome results
None listed