Effects of a multi-component training program on healthy older adults' prospective memory performance: assessing change over time

Prospective Memory (PM) is a cognitive function affected by aging. PM is the memory of future intentions and is significantly involved in everyday life, especially among older adults. Nevertheless, there are a few studies focused on PM training among healthy older adults and these studies did not re...

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Main Authors: Farzin, Azin, Ibrahim, Rahimah, Madon, Zainal, Basri, Hamidon, Farzin, Shervin, Motalebizadeh, Abbas
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96962/
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author Farzin, Azin
Ibrahim, Rahimah
Madon, Zainal
Basri, Hamidon
Farzin, Shervin
Motalebizadeh, Abbas
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Ibrahim, Rahimah
Madon, Zainal
Basri, Hamidon
Farzin, Shervin
Motalebizadeh, Abbas
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description Prospective Memory (PM) is a cognitive function affected by aging. PM is the memory of future intentions and is significantly involved in everyday life, especially among older adults. Nevertheless, there are a few studies focused on PM training among healthy older adults and these studies did not report the optimal duration of training regarding improving PM performance among older adults. The present study aimed to determine the effective duration for training PM performance among healthy older adults. The current study was a randomized, controlled, single-blind, within participants crossover trial including a training program with a duration of 12 h. The sample of 25 older adults aged 55 to 74 years recruited from the active members of the University of the Third Age (U3A), Kuala Lumpur/Selangor, their family members, and friends. The study design ensured some participants would receive the training after baseline while others would wait for 6 weeks after the baseline before receiving the training. All participants were evaluated five times: at baseline, 6, 12, 16, and at 24 weeks post-baseline. Moreover, the training program ensured all participants were assessed after each training session. The minimum number of hours to achieve training effects for this multi-component training program was eight. Results supported the efficacy of the training program in improving PM performance among healthy older adults. Also, the optimal duration for the multicomponent training program on PM performance among healthy older adults was obtained.
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spelling upm-969622022-11-24T01:29:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96962/ Effects of a multi-component training program on healthy older adults' prospective memory performance: assessing change over time Farzin, Azin Ibrahim, Rahimah Madon, Zainal Basri, Hamidon Farzin, Shervin Motalebizadeh, Abbas Prospective Memory (PM) is a cognitive function affected by aging. PM is the memory of future intentions and is significantly involved in everyday life, especially among older adults. Nevertheless, there are a few studies focused on PM training among healthy older adults and these studies did not report the optimal duration of training regarding improving PM performance among older adults. The present study aimed to determine the effective duration for training PM performance among healthy older adults. The current study was a randomized, controlled, single-blind, within participants crossover trial including a training program with a duration of 12 h. The sample of 25 older adults aged 55 to 74 years recruited from the active members of the University of the Third Age (U3A), Kuala Lumpur/Selangor, their family members, and friends. The study design ensured some participants would receive the training after baseline while others would wait for 6 weeks after the baseline before receiving the training. All participants were evaluated five times: at baseline, 6, 12, 16, and at 24 weeks post-baseline. Moreover, the training program ensured all participants were assessed after each training session. The minimum number of hours to achieve training effects for this multi-component training program was eight. Results supported the efficacy of the training program in improving PM performance among healthy older adults. Also, the optimal duration for the multicomponent training program on PM performance among healthy older adults was obtained. Frontiers Media 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96962/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Farzin, Azin and Ibrahim, Rahimah and Madon, Zainal and Basri, Hamidon and Farzin, Shervin and Motalebizadeh, Abbas (2021) Effects of a multi-component training program on healthy older adults' prospective memory performance: assessing change over time. Frontiers in Public Health, 9. pp. 1-7. ISSN 2296-2565 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.594953/full 10.3389/fpubh.2021.594953
spellingShingle Farzin, Azin
Ibrahim, Rahimah
Madon, Zainal
Basri, Hamidon
Farzin, Shervin
Motalebizadeh, Abbas
Effects of a multi-component training program on healthy older adults' prospective memory performance: assessing change over time
title Effects of a multi-component training program on healthy older adults' prospective memory performance: assessing change over time
title_full Effects of a multi-component training program on healthy older adults' prospective memory performance: assessing change over time
title_fullStr Effects of a multi-component training program on healthy older adults' prospective memory performance: assessing change over time
title_full_unstemmed Effects of a multi-component training program on healthy older adults' prospective memory performance: assessing change over time
title_short Effects of a multi-component training program on healthy older adults' prospective memory performance: assessing change over time
title_sort effects of a multi-component training program on healthy older adults' prospective memory performance: assessing change over time
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