The effects of computer-assisted cognitive rehabilitation on Alzheimer’s dementia patients memories

Abstract

[Purpose] The purpose of the present study was to conduct Computer-Assisted Cognitive Rehabilitation (COMCOG) to examine the effects of COMCOG on Alzheimer’s dementia patients’ memories. [Subjects] Thirty-five patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s dementia received COMCOG for 30 minutes per day, five days per week for four weeks. [Methods] Before and after the COMCOG intervention, subjects’ cognitive functions were evaluated using the Cognitive Assessment Reference Diagnosis System (CARDS) and Mini-Mental State Examination-Korea (MMSE-K) test. [Results] According to the results of the evaluation, among the CARDS scores of the subjects who received COMCOG, the scores of the delayed 10-word list, delayed 10-object list, recognition 10-object, and recent memory significantly increased while the scores of recognition 10-word significantly decreased after intervention compared to before intervention. In addition, among the MMSE-K items, the orientation, registration, and recall showed significant increases. [Conclusion] Based on these results, delay in the progress of memory deterioration can be expected when COMCOG is conducted for Alzheimer’s dementia patients who show declines in cognitive functions.

Technologies for Cognitive Training and Cognitive Rehabilitation for People With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia. A Systematic Review

“…We found 19 studies in which 11 digital cognitive training programs for older people with cognitive impairment and dementia were mentioned. The selected papers consisted of ten RCTs (Gaitán et al, 2012;Zaccarelli et al, 2013;Fiatarone Singh et al, 2014;Barban et al, 2015;Cavallo et al, 2016;Hyer et al, 2016;Suo et al, 2016;Bahar-Fuchs et al, 2017;Hagovská et al, 2017;Cavallo and Angilletta, 2018), five pre-post studies (Gigler et al, 2013;González-Palau et al, 2014;Hwang et al, 2015;Vermeij et al, 2017;Mendoza Laiz et al, 2018), two studies with repeated measures design (Eckroth-Bucher and Siberski, 2009;Vermeij et al, 2016), one pilot study (Danassi, 2015), and one study protocol for an RCT (Vanova et al, 2018).…”

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Rehabilitación cognitiva por ordenador en personas mayores: programa gradior

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Barriers to the implementation of a computer-based rehabilitation programme in two public psychiatric settings

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