Effects of a program combining walking and cognitive training on memory and behavior of older persons with dementia.

The influence of combined physical training and face-name training on cognition in mild dementia.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON27039

Enrollment

164

Registered

2011-10-21

Start date

2011-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

dementia, cognitive, walking, face-name learning, combined intervention dementie, cognitie, lopen, gezichtsherkenning, gecombineerde therapie

Interventions

Walking has a positive influence on executive functioning in healthy older persons (Colcombe & Kramer 2003). In people with dementia reports on the effect of walking on executive functioning have not

2. Cognitive training (face-name learning)

3. Walking

4. Social visits. Trained students will apply the interventions 5 times per week for 6 weeks. The 4 interventions in more detail: 1. Walking combined with cognitive training. First a walk of 30 min

Clare et al, 2002

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Living in a nursing home; 2. Aged older than 70 years; 3. Having a diagnosis of dementia reported in the medical status; 4. Being able to walk with or without a walking aid. This will be measured with the Functional Ambulation Categories scale (FAC): FAC score of 3 or higher.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Residents will be excluded if they have any of the following: 1. A Mini-Mental State Examination score of 1710 minutes; 7. Hydrocephalus; 8. Neoplasms; 9. Disturbances of consciousness; 10. Psychiatric disturbances (e.g. Schizophrenia); 11. Focal brain disorders.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Working memory: Digit span backward; 2. Verbal fluency: From the Groninger Intelligence Test (GIT) the "word fluency animals" and "word fluency occupations" subtests; 3. Inhibion: Stroop color-word test; 4. Memory: From the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT) the "faces recognition" and "picture recognition" subtests; from the Amsterdam Dementia-Screeningstest (ADS-6) the eight word test.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Global cognition: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE); 2. Frailty: Tilbuger Frailty Indicator (TFI); 3. Depressive symptoms: Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-30); 4. Face-name learning data base; 5. Face recognition (free recall, visual recognition, verbal recognition); 6. Endurance: 6 minute walking test; 7. Strength: Sit to stand test; 8. Walking speed: Timed Up and Go (TUG), 6m walk test, 10m walk test.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Global cognition: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE); 2. Frailty: Tilbuger Frailty Indicator (TFI); 3. Depressive symptoms: Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-30); 4. Face-name learning data base; 5. Face recognition (free recall, visual recognition, verbal recognition); 6. Endurance: 6 minute walking test; 7. Strength: Sit to stand test; 8. Walking speed: Timed Up and Go (TUG), 6m walk test, 10m walk test.

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Contacts

Public ContactMartin Gennep, van

VU University Amsterdam Faculty of Psychology and Education Department of Clinical Neuropsychology Van der Boechorststraat 1

mr.vangennep@avans.nl

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)