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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
Volume 18, Issue 8, Pages 686-691Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2017.02.013
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MCI; dementia; cognitive function; brain
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- Health and Labor Sciences Research Grants (Comprehensive Research on Aging and Health)
- Strategic Basic Research Programs (RISTEX Redesigning Communities for Aged Society) from Japan Science
- Technology Agency, Research Funding for Longevity Sciences (22-16) from the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26242059] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Objective: To test the hypothesis that a long-term, structured cognitive leisure activity program is more effective than a health education program at reducing the risk of further cognitive decline in older adults with mild cognitive impairment syndrome (MCI), a high risk for dementia. Design: A 3-arm, single-blind randomized controlled trial. Setting: Community. Participants: A total of 201 Japanese adults with MCI (mean age: 76.0 years, 52% women). Interventions: Participants were randomized into 1 of 2 cognitive leisure activity programs (60 minutes weekly for 40 weeks): dance (n = 67) and playing musical instruments (n = 67), or a health education control group (n = 67). Measurements: Primary outcomes were memory function changes at 40 weeks. Secondary outcomes included changes in Mini-Mental State Examination and nonmemory domain (Trail Making Tests A and B) scores. Results: At 40 weeks, the dance group showed improved memory recall scores compared with controls [mean change (SD): dance group 0.73 (1.9) vs controls 0.01 (1.9); P = .011], whereas the music group did not show an improvement compared with controls (P = .123). Both dance [mean change (SD): 0.29 (2.6); P = .026] and music groups [mean change (SD): 0.46 (2.1); P = .008] showed improved Mini-Mental State Examination scores compared with controls [mean change (SD): -0.36 (2.3)]. No difference in the nonmemory cognitive tests was observed. Conclusions: Long-term cognitive leisure activity programs involving dance or playing musical instruments resulted in improvements in memory and general cognitive function compared with a health education program in older adults with MCI. (C) 2017 AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.
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