Pre-operative cognitive training to prevent postoperative cognitive dysfunction in older patients cognitrain: A randomised controlled trial / Ivy Sim Chui Geok

The incidence of post-operative cognitive dysfunction in the elderly is increased and the subsequent impact can be devastating as patients need to retain their faculties in order to remain independent. A pilot study was carried out to determine the effectiveness of a novel home-based cognitive tr...

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Main Author: Ivy Sim , Chui Geok
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Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/11194/
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description The incidence of post-operative cognitive dysfunction in the elderly is increased and the subsequent impact can be devastating as patients need to retain their faculties in order to remain independent. A pilot study was carried out to determine the effectiveness of a novel home-based cognitive training on the incidence of delirium and post-operative cognitive dysfunction in patients aged 65 and above undergoing elective surgery. 18 subjects were recruited in pre-operative anaesthetic clinic and randomised into 2 groups. The intervention group was taught to perform cognitive training at home. Pre-operative and post-operative cognitive assessments were carried out and results compared. No patients developed delirium post-operatively. There was a low compliance rate (50%) among subjects leading to mixed findings on cognitive testing.
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spelling um-111942020-07-26T22:42:37Z Pre-operative cognitive training to prevent postoperative cognitive dysfunction in older patients cognitrain: A randomised controlled trial / Ivy Sim Chui Geok Ivy Sim , Chui Geok RD Surgery The incidence of post-operative cognitive dysfunction in the elderly is increased and the subsequent impact can be devastating as patients need to retain their faculties in order to remain independent. A pilot study was carried out to determine the effectiveness of a novel home-based cognitive training on the incidence of delirium and post-operative cognitive dysfunction in patients aged 65 and above undergoing elective surgery. 18 subjects were recruited in pre-operative anaesthetic clinic and randomised into 2 groups. The intervention group was taught to perform cognitive training at home. Pre-operative and post-operative cognitive assessments were carried out and results compared. No patients developed delirium post-operatively. There was a low compliance rate (50%) among subjects leading to mixed findings on cognitive testing. 2018 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/11194/4/chui_geok.pdf Ivy Sim , Chui Geok (2018) Pre-operative cognitive training to prevent postoperative cognitive dysfunction in older patients cognitrain: A randomised controlled trial / Ivy Sim Chui Geok. Masters thesis, University of Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/11194/
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Ivy Sim , Chui Geok
Pre-operative cognitive training to prevent postoperative cognitive dysfunction in older patients cognitrain: A randomised controlled trial / Ivy Sim Chui Geok
title Pre-operative cognitive training to prevent postoperative cognitive dysfunction in older patients cognitrain: A randomised controlled trial / Ivy Sim Chui Geok
title_full Pre-operative cognitive training to prevent postoperative cognitive dysfunction in older patients cognitrain: A randomised controlled trial / Ivy Sim Chui Geok
title_fullStr Pre-operative cognitive training to prevent postoperative cognitive dysfunction in older patients cognitrain: A randomised controlled trial / Ivy Sim Chui Geok
title_full_unstemmed Pre-operative cognitive training to prevent postoperative cognitive dysfunction in older patients cognitrain: A randomised controlled trial / Ivy Sim Chui Geok
title_short Pre-operative cognitive training to prevent postoperative cognitive dysfunction in older patients cognitrain: A randomised controlled trial / Ivy Sim Chui Geok
title_sort pre-operative cognitive training to prevent postoperative cognitive dysfunction in older patients cognitrain: a randomised controlled trial / ivy sim chui geok
topic RD Surgery
url http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/11194/
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/11194/4/chui_geok.pdf