Feasibility and first results of a group program to increase the frequency of cognitively stimulating leisure activities in people with mild cognitive impairment (AKTIVA-MCI)

verfasst von

Valentina A Tesky, Theresa Köbe, A Veronica Witte, Agnes Flöel, Jan Philipp Schuchardt, Andreas Hahn, Johannes Pantel

Abstract

AKTIVA-MCI is a program for patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) that aims to enhance participation in cognitively stimulating leisure activities. Participation in cognitively stimulating activities seems to be a potential strategy for people with MCI delaying cognitive decline for a while. In total, 35 MCI patients were enrolled in the pilot study of whom 29 completed the whole program (16 female, 71.1±7.5 years; Mini Mental Status Examination score: 28±2.2). Daily activity protocols were used to measure the frequency of participation in cognitively stimulating activities during the program (12 sessions). Additional standardized psychometric tests and questionnaires were used to assess cognition, mood, and subjective memory decline. Analyses of the daily activity protocols showed that during the intervention participants increased the frequency of several cognitively stimulating leisure activities. Comparison of pre-post data indicates no changes in cognitive status, mood, and subjective memory decline. These findings indicate that the program is suitable for patients with MCI.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Lebensmittelwissenschaft und Humanernährung
Abteilung Ernährungsphysiologie und Humanernährung

Externe Organisation(en)

Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Clinical interventions in aging

Band

12

Seiten

1459-1469

Anzahl der Seiten

11

ISSN

1176-9092

Publikationsdatum

12.09.2017

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Geriatrie und Gerontologie

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S139146 (Zugang: Unbekannt)