An interventional study of Virtual Environment in Alzheimer Disease, sponsored by University of Mogi das Cruzes. Completed at 1 site in Brazil. Open to participants aged 19 Years to 99 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-06-09.
Sponsored by University of Mogi das Cruzes · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
This research was carried out with the objective of verifying the possibility of intervention through cognitive training protocols to assist in the stimulation of neurons and to delay the degradation resulting from Alzheimer's disease in its initial phase. The specific objective of this research was to develop and validate a virtual environment of games (called SorrisoTur) that allows the intervention of cognitive training.
SorrisoTur encompasses cognitive training concepts and protocols in playful situations, which were coded in the form of 2D mini-games that are run on a computer connected to the Web, and designed to stimulate cognitive domains, such as memory, executive functions, spatial-visual skills, language (expression, comprehension, reading, and writing) and personality/behavior. For the comparison of results, three groups were created; one group of elderly people with Alzheimer's disease at an early stage, one group formed by healthy elderly, and another group with young people and applied Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Adults (WAIS-III) before and after of interventions with the games.
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Twelve healthy elderly people. Each participant underwent a pre-test, the intervention with a Virtual Environment, and a post-test.
Other: Virtual Environment
Seven elderly people with Alzheimer's in the initial phase. Each participant underwent a pre-test, the intervention with a Virtual Environment, and a post-test.
Other: Virtual Environment
Fifteen healthy young people. Each participant underwent a pre-test, the intervention with a Virtual Environment, and a post-test.
Other: Virtual Environment
The Virtual Environment was called SorrisoTur and consists of 10 mini-games with difficulty levels in a limited number of cities and mini-games distributed in a thematic scenario of the map of Brazil. The virtual environment consists of the cognitive training mini-games within a theme for all screens, mini-games, and information. The interventions with the Virtual Environment were administered in periods of one hour, twice a week, for a month.
Change on Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Adults (WAIS-III)
The WAIS-III is an intellectual assessment that aims to analise the measures of the following Factorial Scales and Indexes: Verbal IQ (intelligence quotient), Execution IQ, Total IQ, Verbal Understanding Index, Perceptual Organization Indexes, Operational Memory Indexes and Processing speed index.
Time frame: Baseline and after 4 weeks
Change on Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)
The MMSE is a data collection instrument widely used in cases of dementia, it evaluates temporal and spatial orientation, short-term memory (immediate or attention) and skills of evocation, calculation, praxis, visuospatial, communication and language.
Time frame: Baseline and after 4 weeks
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