Cognition
Conditions
Interventions
This is a 24-month intervention whose objective is to verify the effectiveness of a multifactorial cognitive stimulation program on the cognitive performance and psychosocial variables of elderly peop
Sponsors
Instituto Supera de Educação Ltda
Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo
Eligibility
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Study participants must be 60 years old or older, and will be invited based on a series of cohabitation centers for the elderly and associations of retirees. To participate in the study, it is necessary that the participant has not performed and participated in any cognitive intervention, such as memory training workshops, among others. The objective is to invite 180 participants, where they will be randomly randomized, to the training group (GT), active control group (GCA) and passive control group (GCP). 60 participants will be directed to each group, through randomization and combinatorial analysis in a statistical program, also aiming at a possibility to keep the groups as homogeneous as possible in relation to age and education. The elderly who participate in the groups GCA and GCP, will be invited to participate in the same cognitive training program, offered to the GT.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Study participants must be 60 years old or older, and will be invited based on a series of cohabitation centers for the elderly and associations of retirees. To participate in the study, it is necessary that the participant has not performed and participated in any cognitive intervention, such as memory training workshops, among others. The objective is to invite 180 participants, where they will be randomly randomized, to the training group (GT), active control group (GCA) and passive control group (GCP). 60 participants will be directed to each group, through randomization and combinatorial analysis in a statistical program, also aiming at a possibility to keep the groups as homogeneous as possible in relation to age and education. The elderly who participate in the groups GCA and GCP, will be invited to participate in the same cognitive training program, offered to the GT.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected to document at the end of the present study, through the application of tests that assess cognitive skills such as memory, attention and information processing speed, a statistically superior performance among the elderly belonging to the Training Group (TG), when compared to the elderly which were randomly grouped into Active and Passive Control Groups (ACG and PCG). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected as secondary outcomes of the present study, through the use of tests that assess mood disorders, as well as the quality of life and social support network, to be documented among the participants of the Training Group (TG) and Active Control Group. (ACG) the reduction of depressive symptomatology and anxiety and, in parallel, increase in the sense of quality of life and perceived social support. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactThais Silva
Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo
Outcome results
None listed