The Efficacy of Robot Assisted Group Cognitive Training in Elderly Adults Without Cognitive Impairment
Age-Related Cognitive Decline

About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Age-Related Cognitive Decline focused on measuring cognitive therapy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- community-dwelling volunteers aged 60 years or older
- without dementia
- MMSE=26 or above
Exclusion Criteria:
- if they had known dementia or significant cognitive impairment accompanied by dysfunction of daily living activities;
- had 6 years of education or under;
- were illiterate
- were unavailable during the testing and intervention periods of the study;
- had severe losses in vision or hearing; had major neurological or psychiatric illness history including any history of stroke, transient ischemic attack or traumatic brain injury;
- had a medication history which might affect on cognitive function such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitor or memantine
- had medical problems such as thyroid, liver and renal disease;
- had a significan structural abnormalities on their baseline brain MRI.
Sites / Locations
- Samsung Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Active Comparator
No Intervention
Robot intervention
Conventional intervention
Control group
Participants were given baseline assessments and randomly assigned into 3 groups; 24 with robot assisted cognitive training group (Robot intervention group), 24 with experienced behavioral therapist group (Conventional intervention group), and 37 without cognitive training (Control group).It was explained that there was a waiting list, therefore, participants in control group had an opportunity to participate in cognitive training program after a delay of 12 weeks for the intervention.
conventional cognitive training group - pen and pencil with experienced behavioral therapists