Journal
BMJ OPEN
Volume 11, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046544
Keywords
health informatics; information technology; telemedicine
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- European Commission
- Agencia Estatal de Investigacion (AEI) [PCI2020-112270]
- Ministery of Science and Innovation (MICINN)
- CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya
- IRBLleida - Fundacio Dr. Pifarre
- ECSEL
- College of Nurses of Lleida, University of Lleida
- Predoctoral staff in Training Program University of Lleida, Jade Plus
- La Caixa Bank Foundation
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Mild cognitive impairment is a consequence of aging, with ICTs being a tool for preventing cognitive decline, particularly in healthy older adults aged 50 and over.
Introduction Mild cognitive impairment is one of the consequences of ageing, causing functional disability, a poor quality of life and an increased socioeconomic expenditure. Evidence shows that patients go through a long preclinical stage in which cognitive deficits appear subtly until they reach the threshold of dementia. Non-pharmacological interventions have been gaining ground as prevention of modifiable factors of cognitive decline such as obesity, diabetes, physical inactivity or social isolation. Along these lines, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be a tool for cognitive stimulation, cognitive training and cognitive rehabilitation. The main objective of the systematic review will be to review and analyse the use of ICTs for the improvement of cognitive functions in healthy older adult population aged 50 and over, for the prevention of cognitive impairment Methods A systematic review will be conducted including randomised clinical trials in adults without diseases or accidents associated with cognitive impairment, and whom have used ICTs for the improvement of cognitive functions between 2010 and 2020 in English or Spanish. The articles that report data on cognitive function by domain, for example, memory or executive functions, or by test will be included. The databases Medline (PubMed), CinahlPlus, Scopus, ISI WoS, CENTRAL and IEEE Xplore will be searched. Studies that meet the inclusion criteria will be analysed according to the Cochrane RoB2 tool for risk of bias assessment. Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not necessary as this is a systematic review. The results will be published in scientific journals, as well as in specialised congresses on the subject of study.
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