NCT04727450

Effects of Multimodal Training of Combined Cognitive and/or Physical Training on Cognition and Fitness of Older Adults

Effects of Multimodal Training of Combined Cognitive and Physical and Cognitive or Physical Training Only on Cognition and Physical Fitness of Older Adults: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 228 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hong Kong Baptist University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The elderly population worldwide is expected to increase exponentially. There will be a higher percentage of older adults suffering cognitive decline in the coming decades. Cognitive impairment, being the most common health problem associated with ageing, contributes to possible loss of functional independence and disability. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of four mixed modalities of three training programs (combined cognitive and physical training \[CCPT\], cognitive or physical training only) on cognition and fitness of community-dwelling older adults in Hong Kong. The study hypotheses will be set as the integrated format of all three training will have higher cognition and fitness scores than other combinations of two training modes and all these mixed modalities will have greater positive outcomes than the active control subjects.

Detailed description

The study design is a cluster randomized controlled trial. Twenty-four elderly centers as clusters will be randomly selected and assigned to be intervention (n=20) or control groups (n=4) in two study phases. A total of 8-10 older adults (age ≥ 60) from each cluster (total subjects = 228) will be invited to be study participants. Each intervention cluster will receive either an integrated training format or one out of three combinations of two training modes. Each intervention training mode will last for 2-month of 16 sessions in total, 2 sessions per week and 60 min per session, hence, the total intervention will last for 4 months for two training modes or an integrated training format. Assessments will be conducted at pre-test, two post-training tests, and a 2-month follow-up test after completion of all training.

Conditions

• Cognitive Decline
• Cognitive Impairment, Mild

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive training	Involves participants engaging in selected games which require thinking skills to be played in a group of 2-4 people.
BEHAVIORAL	physical training	Involves learning of preselected routines of "line dancing" taught by a line dance instructor.
BEHAVIORAL	Combination of cognitive and physical training (CCPT)-BIGMAP	BIGMAP is a program engaging participants in specially designed cognitive/memory games together with physical training (Fu \& Chow, 2019).

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-01
• Primary completion: 2022-12-31
• Completion: 2023-03-31
• First posted: 2021-01-27
• Last updated: 2021-01-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong