Sudoku trial12/3/2023 Participating in This Clinical Trial Inclusion Criteria To measure Health-related quality of life in the participants.The 36-item Chinese version of the Short Form 36 (SF-36).To evaluate the subjective memory impairment.To measure complex attention, executive function and task switching.To measure attention and working memory. The digit span-forward and backward test.To evaluate various domains of cognition.Cantonese version of the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog).Solutions of the assigned puzzle and the T-code will be provided in the following week.Ĭlinical Trial Outcome Measures Primary Measures The instructor will encourage and facilitate their accomplishment by giving them guidance on the taught method through regular phone call. The instructor will give them a workbook with 12 SUDOKU puzzles of increasing level of difficulty for completion. As the use of T-code in solving the SUDOKU allows communicating the way a number is assigned to a box, participants are grouped into a small team of 3, so that they will work together during the tutorial practice.įacilitated self-practice will last for another 12 weeks immediately after the group training session. The 12-week (60-minute sessions) training program will be evenly divided into 3 modules of increasing difficulty for the suboptimal cognitive function of the participants with MCI. The SUDOKU training program include a 12-week face-to-face training session and a 12-week facilitated self-practice.Experimental: 24-week SUDOKU Training Programme.wait-list comparison group will receive the same program upon completion of the 6-month posttest evaluation on study outcomes.12-week face-to-face training session and a 12-week facilitated self-practice.Behavioral: 24-week SUDOKU Training Programme.These modules are developed by the Co-investigator who has rich prior experience in teaching older adults on SUDOKU puzzle. The 12-week training program will be evenly divided into three modules of increasing difficulty, with consideration given to the suboptimal cognitive function of the participants with MCI. The face-to-face sessions aim at developing the skills of the participants in solving the SUDOKU using the T-code. The SUDOKU training program include a 12-week face-to-face training session and a 12-week facilitated self-practice. The campaign will include cognitive screening, poster exhibition, booth exhibition and individual counselling. The community empowerment-educational campaign will be conducted in the elderly care centres of the two collaborating non-governmental organizations, with the purpose of increasing the awareness of people aged 55 or above on the importance of maintaining an active mind and preventing age-related cognitive decline and dementia. The SMART Program consists of two components including, a community empowerment-educational campaign on active mind strategies for older adults, and a 24-week SUDOKU Training Programme for people with MCI. This study aims to implement a SMART Program to promote cognitive health among patients with MCI, and the use of active mind strategy in preventing dementia among the older adults. Study Primary Completion Date: December 31, 2021.Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment.The SMART Program consists of two components including, a community empowerment-educational campaign on active mind strategies for older adults, and a 24-week SUDOKU Training Programme for people with MCI.įull Title of Study: “New Wine in Old Bottle: the Effects of SUDOKU Mind Activation and Revitalizing Training (SMART) Program on Cognitive Function Among People With Mild Cognitive Impairment” Study Type This study aims to implement a SUDOKU Mind Activation and Revitalization Training (SMART) Program to promote cognitive health among patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and the use of active mind strategy in preventing dementia among the older adults. Overall Status: Unknown status | Estimated Enrollment: 288 Overview Phase: N/A | Start Date: January 15, 2020 First Received: Ap| Last Updated: June 4, 2021
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