TY - JOUR
T1 - Active
T2 - A cognitive intervention trial to promote independence in older adults
AU - Jobe, Jared B.
AU - Smith, David M.
AU - Ball, Karlene
AU - Tennstedt, Sharon L.
AU - Marsiske, Michael
AU - Willis, Sherry L.
AU - Rebok, George W.
AU - Morris, John N.
AU - Helmers, Karin F.
AU - Leveck, Mary D.
AU - Kleinman, Ken
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) trial is a randomized, controlled, single-masked trial designed to determine whether cognitive training interventions (memory, reasoning, and speed of information processing), which have previously been found to be successful at improving mental abilities under laboratory or small-scale field conditions, can affect cognitively based measures of daily functioning. Enrollment began during 1998; 2-year follow-up will be completed by January 2002. Primary outcomes focus on measures of cognitively demanding everyday functioning, including financial management, food preparation, medication use, and driving. Secondary outcomes include health-related quality of life, mobility, and health-service utilization. Trial participants (n = 2832) are aged 65 and over, and at entry into the trial, did not have significant cognitive, physical, or functional decline. Because of its size and the carefully developed rigor, ACTIVE may serve as a guide for future behavioral medicine trials of this nature.
AB - The Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) trial is a randomized, controlled, single-masked trial designed to determine whether cognitive training interventions (memory, reasoning, and speed of information processing), which have previously been found to be successful at improving mental abilities under laboratory or small-scale field conditions, can affect cognitively based measures of daily functioning. Enrollment began during 1998; 2-year follow-up will be completed by January 2002. Primary outcomes focus on measures of cognitively demanding everyday functioning, including financial management, food preparation, medication use, and driving. Secondary outcomes include health-related quality of life, mobility, and health-service utilization. Trial participants (n = 2832) are aged 65 and over, and at entry into the trial, did not have significant cognitive, physical, or functional decline. Because of its size and the carefully developed rigor, ACTIVE may serve as a guide for future behavioral medicine trials of this nature.
KW - Activities of daily living
KW - Behavioral intervention
KW - Cognitive decline
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U2 - 10.1016/S0197-2456(01)00139-8
DO - 10.1016/S0197-2456(01)00139-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 11514044
AN - SCOPUS:0034891143
SN - 0197-2456
VL - 22
SP - 453
EP - 479
JO - Controlled clinical trials
JF - Controlled clinical trials
IS - 4
ER -