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Title: | Chinese calligraphy writing for augmenting attentional control and working memory of older adults at risk of mild cognitive impairment : a randomized controlled trial | Authors: | Chan, SCC Chan, CCH Derbie, AY Hui, I Tan, DGH Pang, MYC Lau, SCL Fong, KNK |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Source: | Journal of alzheimer's disease, 2017, v. 58, no. 3, p. 735-746 | Abstract: | Background: Nonpharmacological intervention for individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) needs further investigation. Objective: Test efficacy of an eight-week Chinese calligraphy writing training course in improving attentional control and working memory. Methods: Ninety-nine participants with MCI were randomized into the eight-week calligraphy writing (n = 48) or control (tablet computer) training (n = 51). Outcomes of the interventions were attentional control, working memory, visual scan and processing speed. They were measured at baseline, post-training, and six-month follow-up. Results: Calligraphy writing, when compared with control, significantly improved working memory as reflected from DST-Backward sequence (p = 0.009) and span scores (p = 0.002), and divided attention as reflected from CTT2 (p < 0.001), and at the post-training. The unique improvement in working memory (span: p < 0.001; sequence: p = 0.008) of the intervention group was also found at follow-up when comparing with those at baseline. Changes in the other outcome measures were not statistically significant. Conclusion: The findings provide support that Chinese calligraphy writing training for eight weeks using a cognitive approach would improve working memory and to a lesser extent attentional control functions of patients with early MCI. They also demonstrate the usefulness of using mind-and-body practice for improving specific cognitive functions. | Keywords: | Attention Chinese calligraphy Mild cognitive impairment Randomized controlled trial Working memory |
Publisher: | IOS Press | Journal: | Journal of alzheimer's disease | ISSN: | 1387-2877 | EISSN: | 1875-8908 | DOI: | 10.3233/JAD-170024 | Rights: | Posted with permission of the publisher. © 2017 – IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved. The definitive, peer reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 735-746, 2017, https://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-170024 |
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