Effect of Brain Training Game on Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) in Older Adults

Abstract

Aim: To determine effects of Kinect- based games on neurocognitive functions in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Methodology: A quasi experimental pre-post trail was conducted on 18 mild cognitive impairment (MCI) older adults. The subjects were recruited to access cognitive impairment through purposive sampling technique. The inclusion criteria were elderly aged ≥ 50 years, both genders, able to read and write, whereas older adults with severe cognitive impairments, neurological disorders and un controlled comorbidities were excluded. Brain training was provided for 30 minutes with 5-minute warm-up time and 5-minute cool-down time for 6 weeks. Blind assessor measured readings at baseline and after six weeks. The outcome measures were Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA), Trail making test A & B and verbal fluency test (Semantic &Phonemic). The data was analyzed at baseline and after six weeks of intervention Results: Significant improvements were observed in post-test measurements (p <0.05) in MMSE, MoCA, TMT A & B and verbal fluency (Semantic &Phonemic) tests after 6 weeks of treatment. Conclusion: Kinect-based virtual reality games are beneficial in improving cognitive abilities of older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Keywords: Cognitive training, Mild cognitive impairment, Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Attention and Motor skill improvements in Mild Cognitive Impairment patients using COSMA Application

“…Furthermore, cognitive improvement was evident in an intervention MCI group whose participants played digital (on screen) and traditional (in groups) games, such as memory games e.g., remembering the sequence and colour of balls presented on the screen, coordination and emotional games, solitaire, puzzles, and board games in 8 weeks [65]. Also, people with MCI were able to improve their cognitive processes with the video game 'Body and Brain Exercises' which focused on brain training of logic and reasoning, physical skills, memory, body reflexes and math calculations [66]. Therefore, the previous studies may support the cognitive improvements in our study and show evidence that the use of the COSMA games may positively affect cognitive skills when these are being played regularly in MCI.…”

“…However, considering that there are not many serious games for people with MCI which are validated in literature, the COSMA application achieved the advancement of showing proof that people with MCI can use it and benefit from it. In addition, the intervention in this study was established in 4 weeks' time and this may highlight the efficiency of COSMA with respect to other serious games and digital interventions which showed cognitive improvement in MCI from 8 weeks to 6 months of use [19], [59], [64]- [66].…”

Effectiveness of mental health interventions for older adults in South Asia: A scoping review

“…Also, 344 citations were identified and screened from additional sources, including Google Scholar, reference searching, and others. We initially found 26 potential citations for full-text evaluation and finally included 19 articles in this scoping review [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49].…”

“…An overview of the included studies is provided in Table 2. The vast majority of studies, 84% (n = 16), were conducted in India [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]48,49], and the remaining studies (n = 3) were conducted in Pakistan [31,46,47]. No studies were identified from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.…”

“…Most studies (n = 17) were published during 2011-2022. Studies mainly conducted in institutional settings (n = 8) that include old homes, residential homes, and hospices [34,35,38,40,44,45,47,49]; five were conducted in hospital settings [31,36,37,39,41], five in the community [32,33,43,46,48], and the rest recruited samples from both healthcare and community settings [42]. The age range of recruited older adults was 50 years and over, but the mean age of all studies was over 60.…”