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  • Measuring the impact of cognitive and psychosocial interventions in persons with mild cognitive impairment with a randomized single-blind controlled trial: rationale and design of the MEMO+ study

  • Nathalie Bier, Sébastien Grenier, Catherine Brodeur, Serge Gauthier, Brigitte Gilbert, Carol Hudon, Émilie Lepage, Marie-Christine Ouellet, Chantal Viscogliosi, Sylvie Belleville
  • Journal:
    International Psychogeriatrics / Volume 27 / Issue 3 / March 2015
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    30 September 2014, pp. 511-525
  • Background:

    Several studies have suggested that cognitive training is a potentially effective way to improve cognition and postpone cognitive decline in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The MEMO+ study is a randomized, controlled, single-blind trial designed to test the efficacy, specificity, and long-term effect of a cognitive training intervention and a psychosocial intervention in persons with MCI.

    Methods:

    One hundred and sixty-two participants with MCI will be recruited. They will be randomized into three groups: cognitive training, psychosocial intervention, and no-contact. Each intervention will last for eight weeks (one session per week) and a booster training session will be provided three months after the end of the intervention. Various proximal and distal outcomes will be measured at pre-intervention as well as at one week, three months, and six months post-training. Proximal outcomes include memory and psychological health measures. Distal outcomes focus on self-rated functioning in complex daily activities and strategies used in daily life to enhance function. Socio-demographic factors (age, gender, and education), general cognition, personality traits, engagement in activities, and self-efficacy will be used as moderators. Enrolment began in April 2012 and will be completed by December 2014.

    Conclusions:

    This study is likely to have a significant impact on the well-being of persons with MCI by contributing to the development of adapted and scientifically supported cognitive and psychosocial interventions.

  • Case 9 - Woman with visual complaints

  • Edited by Serge Gauthier, McGill University, Montréal, Pedro Rosa-Neto, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book:
    Case Studies in Dementia
    Published online:
    16 May 2011
    Print publication:
    21 April 2011, pp 59-63

  • Summary

    This chapter conveys that a 65-year-old technical worker with previous management function had been unable to work because of pulmonary problems for 7 years. This highly educated man had been diagnosed with extrinsic allergic alveolitis 7 years ago. A diagnosis of subjective memory complaints (SMC) was made. The fact that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) values were abnormal was not taken into account at that time because of lack of a clinical diagnosis of dementia. Referral to a psychiatrist was advised for evaluation of a possible mood disorder and for counseling on how to deal with his behavioral disturbances. SMC or subjective cognitive impairment (SCI) in the absence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia is more and more accepted as a separate clinical entity. Depression, anxiety, disturbed sleep, fatigue, and loss of energy were responsible for a conversion from SCI to MCI, but subsequently reverted back to SCI after follow-up.