Moderators of cognitive outcomes from an exercise programme in people with mild to moderate dementia

Smith, Toby, Mistry, Dipesh, Lee, Hopin, Dosanji, Sukhdeep, Finnegan, Susanne, Fordham, Bethany, Nichols, Vivien, Sheehan, Bart and Lamb, Sarah (2020) Moderators of cognitive outcomes from an exercise programme in people with mild to moderate dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68 (9). pp. 2095-2100. ISSN 0002-8614

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Abstract

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to estimate whether baseline participant variables were able to moderate the effect of an exercise intervention on cognition in patients with mild to moderate dementia. DESIGN: Subgroup analysis of a multicenter pragmatic randomized controlled trial. SETTING: Community-based gym/rehabilitation centers. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 494 community-dwelling participants with mild to moderate dementia. INTERVENTION: Participants were randomized to a moderate- to high-intensity aerobic and strength exercise program or a usual care control group. Experimental group participants attended twice weekly 60- to 90-minute gym sessions for 4 months. Participants were prescribed home exercises for an additional hour per week during the supervised period and 150 minutes each week after the supervised period. MEASUREMENTS: Multilevel regression model analyses were undertaken to identify individual moderators of cognitive function measured through the Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale score at 12 months. RESULTS: When tested for a formal interaction effect, only cognitive function assessed by the baseline number cancellation test demonstrated a statistically significant interaction effect (−2.7 points; 95% confidence interval = −5.14 to −0.21). CONCLUSION: People with worse number cancellation test scores may experience greater progression of cognitive decline in response to a moderate- to high-intensity exercise program. Further analyses to examine whether these findings can be replicated in planned sufficiently powered analyses are indicated.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	demential and physical activity trial,cognitive function,dementia,physical activity,prediction,geriatrics and gerontology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2717
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	01 May 2020 00:06
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2025 09:02
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/74918
DOI:	10.1111/jgs.16552

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