- Title
- Construction and evaluation of multidomain attention training to improve alertness attention, sustained attention, and visual-spatial attention in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial
- Creator
- Yang, Hui-Ling; Chu, Hsin; Miao, Nae-Fang; Chang, Pi-Chen; Tseng, Philip; O'Brien, Anthony Paul; Chou, Keui-Ru; Kao, Ching-Chiu
- Relation
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry Vol. 35, Issue 5, p. 537-546
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gps.5269
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Objectives: We aimed to analyze the effects of multidomain attention training on alertness, sustained attention, and visual-spatial attention in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Design: The design used in this study was a two-arm, parallel group, double-blind randomized controlled trial. Setting and participants: The participants of the study were seventy-eight older adults with MCI (mean age: 79.5 ± 7.9 years) from retirement centers and community housing for the elderly. Intervention: The participants were randomly assigned to an experimental group (multidomain attention training, n = 39) or an active control group (n = 39). Both groups underwent training sessions for 45 minutes three times per week for 6 weeks (18 sessions in total). Measures: The main efficacy indicator was alertness (Trail Making Test Part B), sustained attention (Digit Vigilance Test), and visual-spatial attention (Trail Making Test Part A). The secondary outcome indicators were other cognitive functions (Mini-Mental State Examination [MMSE] and Montreal Cognitive Assessment [MoCA] subscales). Measurements were obtained at pretest, posttest, and 3 and 6 months after training. Results: The results were analyzed by a generalized estimating equation (GEE), which indicated that attention outcomes (alertness, sustained attention, and visual-spatial attention) of the experimental group did not improve after training. However, the experimental group displayed a significant improvement in the attention, memory, and orientation of MMSE and MoCA subscales over a period of 6 months and also showed superior results compared with the control group. Conclusions: Multidomain attention training demonstrated improved alertness and visual-spatial attention for posttest after 6 months. We also outline potential future advances in attention training for improving attention in older adults with MCI.
- Subject
- alertness; attention training; mild cognitive impairment; randomized controlled trial; sustained attention; visual-spatial attention
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1430972
- Identifier
- uon:38903
- Identifier
- ISSN:0885-6230
- Language
- eng
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