Mild Cognitive Impairment
Conditions
Keywords
cognitive training, cognitive rehabilitation
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of training in memory skills vs. use of external memory aids on everyday memory functioning in older people with mild cognitive impairment.
Detailed description
Some older people experience memory loss that is worse than other people of their age, although they are not demented. This condition is known as mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Healthy older people can learn mnemonic strategies to improve their memory abilities. Can cognitive rehabilitation help people with MCI do better on mental tasks or maintain better functioning in everyday life? This study will evaluate the effects of two different rehabilitation programmes. Patients in the memory training group will learn mental strategies aimed at improving memory. Patients in the memory compensation group will learn to use external memory aids.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMEMO programme (Inst Universitaire de Geriatrie, Montreal)
8 weekly group training sessions in mnemonic strategies, administered by clinical psychologist.
BEHAVIORALExternal memory aids training
8 weekly group sessions of training in the use of external memory aids, administered by clinical psychologist
Sponsors
McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Clinical diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment
Exclusion criteria
* Unable to speak and understand English * Unable to comply with treatment program due to significant comorbid illness; OR * Anticipated inability to attend all study sessions
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test | 19-20 weeks |
| Wechsler Memory Scale - Logical Memory | 19-20 weeks |
| Face-name associations test | 19-20 weeks |
| Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire - Ability subscale | 19-20 weeks |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Digit Span (non-memory test) | 19-20 weeks |
| Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test | 19-20 weeks |
| Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire - Strategies and Contentment subscales | 19-20 weeks |
| FAS test (non-memory) | 19-20 weeks |
| Category fluency (non-memory test) | 19-20 weeks |
| Victoria Stroop Test (non-memory test) | 19-20 weeks |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed