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)

authored by: 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.
Organisation(s): Institute of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Nutrition Physiology and Human Nutrition Section
External Organisation(s): Goethe University Frankfurt
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Type: Article
Journal: Clinical interventions in aging
Volume: 12
Pages: 1459-1469
No. of pages: 11
ISSN: 1176-9092
Publication date: 12.09.2017
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Geriatrics and Gerontology
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S139146 (Access: Unknown)