Cognitive interventions for older adults: Does approach matter?

Williams, Kristine; Herman, Ruth E.; Smith, Erin Kate

doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2014.01.004

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“…6 Compared with group training, individual training provides greater personalized guidance and allows for the needs of participants to be more fully addressed. 27 It is therefore possible that individual training may have increased the effect size of qigong on all outcomes, making it easier to detect the effects of qigong without a substantial increase in sample size.…”

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Qigong for the treatment of depressive symptoms: Preliminary evidence of neurobiological mechanisms

Lee

Cai

et al. 2020

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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Objectives: Qigong has been shown to effectively reduce depressive symptoms in older adults with chronic physical illness. Here, we sought to evaluate the effects of qigong on serotonin, cortisol, and Brain-derived Neurotropic Factors (BDNF) levels and test their roles as potential mediators of the effects of qigong on depressive symptoms. Methods: Thirty older adults with chronic physical illness participated in a randomized clinical trial. They were randomly assigned to a qigong group (n = 14) or a control group for cognitive training of executive function and memory (n = 16). The participants provided blood and saliva samples at baseline and post-intervention. Levels of cortisol were measured from the salvia samples, and serotonin and BDNF were measured from the blood samples. Results: Consistent with the study findings presented in the primary outcome paper, a significant Group × Time interaction effect emerged on depressive symptoms, explained by greater reductions in the qigong group than the control group. Qigong participants had significantly larger increases in serotonin and BDNF, and decreases in cortisol levels, compared with control group participants. Moreover, treatmentrelated changes in cortisol levels (but not serotonin or BDNF) fully mediated the beneficial effects of qigong on depressive symptoms. Conclusion: The findings provide preliminary evidence that treatment-related changes in cortisol may mediate the benefits of qigong on depressive symptoms. Given the limitation of small sample size of the present study, future studies with larger sample sizes and more extended follow-up assessment are warranted to determine the reliability of these findings.

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Qigong for the treatment of depressive symptoms: Preliminary evidence of neurobiological mechanisms

Lee

Cai

et al. 2020

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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“…The purpose of involving the professional care-givers was for them to make the connection between the cognitive task and day-to-day functioning. The care-givers were able to adapt the different cognitive tasks and adjust them to each older adult's environment and needs (Apóstolo et al ., 2014; Williams et al ., 2014). In our opinion, this individualised adaptation of the cognitive training (in the older adult's own setting and with objects and materials from their own daily life) was what helped produce this transfer of benefits from the cognitive training.…”

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Increasing autonomy through improved care: effects of a professional care-giver training programme on the functional status of older adults

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The aim of the present research was to evaluate the effectiveness of a care-giver training programme that trains professional care-givers in cognitive stimulation strategies for functional maintenance in care-dependent older adults. The sample contained 69 older adults (37 in the treatment group, 32 control group) assessed with the Barthel Index, the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Clifton Assessment Procedure for the Elderly (Cognitive Scale). Participants in the treatment group were treated by professional care-givers who were trained with the programme CUIDA-2 in communication and cognitive stimulation strategies. The results from the Barthel Index showed significant differences in the post-intervention assessment and in the follow-up assessment, where the treatment group obtained higher scores, and there were significant differences within the treatment group between the initial assessment and the post-treatment assessment, as well as between the initial assessment and the follow-up. The data obtained reflect that a training programme to train professional care-givers produced functional benefits in the older adults, and these improvements persisted over time. Moreover, the care-givers saw themselves as more competent and more satisfied with their work.

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“…While these approaches were initially designed for caregivers of persons with dementia, their use has been expanded to others with good results. As of today, several programmes such as Lock (Mills et al, 2017), Start (Goyder et al, 2012), The CHAT (Williams et al, 2014), PRIDE (Yates et al,…”

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Caregiver training: Evidence of its effectiveness for cognitive and functional improvement in older adults

Sanjuán

Navarro

Calero

2022

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aims and objectives:The objectives of this study were to assess the benefits of a caregiver training programme on the cognitive and functional status of older adults, and to compare the effects of this programme according to type of caregiver (professional vs. family caregiver).Background: Due to demographic changes that have resulted in an aging population, the role of caregiver of an older adult has become very important in recent years. Design and Methods:The sample was composed of 160 older adults: (a) 100 received care from caregivers who had taken the three-month training programme (treatment group), of which 60 were professional caregivers and 40 were family caregivers, and (b) 60 received care from caregivers who had not taken the programme (control group). In order to evaluate programme effects on cognitive and functional status, we used both direct measures answered by the older adults (MMSE, CAPE and EuroQol) and caregiver reports (Barthel and RMPBC). We used a quasi-experimental, pre-post design. We followed SQUIRE 2.0 guidelines for reporting. Results:The results showed that older adults who were cared for by caregivers that had participated in the training programme showed gains in quality of life and cognitive ability and maintenance of functional ability. Within the treatment group, although everyone significantly improved their scores, the older adults cared for by family caregivers improved in more of the cognitive sub-items than did their peers in the professional caregiver group. Conclusions:The data obtained show that a caregiver training programme based on cognitive stimulation produces cognitive, functional and health-related quality-of-life benefits in older adults. Furthermore, the caregivers reported increased satisfaction with their work.

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Cognitive interventions for older adults: Does approach matter?

Cited by 5 publications

References 21 publications

Qigong for the treatment of depressive symptoms: Preliminary evidence of neurobiological mechanisms

Qigong for the treatment of depressive symptoms: Preliminary evidence of neurobiological mechanisms

Increasing autonomy through improved care: effects of a professional care-giver training programme on the functional status of older adults

Caregiver training: Evidence of its effectiveness for cognitive and functional improvement in older adults

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