SuspendedNot Applicable

Major Memory 2: A Long-term Group Cognitive Stimulation Program

Stopped: Covid-19 pandemic

Portugal70 participantsStarted 2020-02-10

Plain-language summary

This study aims to evaluate the effect of a long-term group cognitive stimulation (CS) program on the cognitive function of institutionalized elderly people with neurocognitive disorders. The study also aims to assess the program's feasibility in institutions located in the Portuguese town of Oliveira do Bairro. The investigators propose the realization of a quasi-experimental longitudinal study with a one-group pretest-posttest design. The subjects will participate in CS sessions as part of a group, once a week, for one year, while maintaining their usual care in the institution. The program will have 47 sessions, once per week, with 1 hour each. In each participating institution, one group will be formed. In groups composed by participants with mild neurocognitive disorder, the maximum number will be 10 participants per group, in groups composed by participants with major neurocognitive disorder, the maximum number will be 6 participants per group. In each institution, patients who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be selected to become part of a cognitive stimulation group program.

Who can participate

Age range60 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Having a diagnosis of neurocognitive disorder according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder. * Having a score between 2 and 5 according to the Global Deterioration Scale (obtained from the participant's score on Mini-Mental State Examination). * Age over 60 years old. * Attending one of the institutions participating in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * To have received psychological or psychiatric care in the last two months. * Not being able to communicate and understand. * To suffer from an acute or severe illness that makes their participation in the sessions impossible. * Sensory and physical limitation that prevent their participation in the sessions. * Limited attention span that prevents attending a one-hour group session. * Presence of severe neuropsychiatric symptoms that prevent their participation in the sessions or uncontrolled delirium.

What they're measuring

Cognitive functioning evaluated through Mini-Mental State Examination

Timeframe: Time Frame: Pre, intra (6 months) and post intervention (12 months)

Cognitive functioning evaluated through Frontal Assessment Battery

Timeframe: Time Frame: Pre, intra (6 months) and post intervention (12 months)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04178564

SponsorRsocialform - Geriatria, Lda

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-12-31