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Arts-based interventions to improve cognition in older persons with mild cognitive impairment: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
- Source :
- Agingmental health. 25(9)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- As the global burden of dementia rises, the search for preventive measures such as interventions for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) remains a research priority. While arts-based interventions have demonstrated some success in improving cognitive functioning among older adults and those with dementia, its effectiveness for older persons with MCI remains unexplored. We conducted a systematic review to examine the effects of arts-based interventions on cognition in older persons with MCI.The following databases were searched in November 2019: PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and CINAHL Plus, supplemented by Google Scholar and ALOIS. Study inclusion criteria were older persons aged ≥ 60 with MCI; arts-based interventions such as dance, drama, music, or visual arts; and randomized controlled trial with cognitive outcome. Database search, study selection, and data extraction were conducted independently by 2 reviewers.Eleven randomized controlled trials examining 13 interventions (817 participants) were identified, of which 4 involved visual arts, 4 dance/movement, 3 music, and 2 storytelling. Significant improvement on at least one cognitive outcome was reported in 10 of the 13 interventions. These included improvements in global cognition (6/7 interventions), learning and memory (5/9), complex attention (4/10), executive functioning (2/6), language (2/3), and perceptual-motor function (1/4).This review found that arts-based interventions can potentially improve various aspects of cognitive functioning in older persons with MCI, although our confidence was dampened by methodological limitations such as the moderate-to-high risk of bias present in studies and heterogeneity in the way MCI was defined. Recommendations for future research are discussed.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Psychological intervention
The arts
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
Executive Function
0302 clinical medicine
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Cognition
Randomized controlled trial
law
mental disorders
Medicine
Dementia
Mild neurocognitive disorder
Humans
Learning
Cognitive Dysfunction
Cognitive skill
Cognitive impairment
Aged
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Aged, 80 and over
030214 geriatrics
business.industry
medicine.disease
Psychiatry and Mental health
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Pshychiatric Mental Health
business
Gerontology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13646915
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Agingmental health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....906550d63daa6eee6718476cf333f2b0