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Petrelli, A., Kaesberg, S., Barbe, M. T., Timmermann, L., Rosen, J. B., Fink, G. R., Kessler, J. and Kalbe, E. (2015). Cognitive training in Parkinson's disease reduces cognitive decline in the long term. Eur. J. Neurol., 22 (4). S. 640 - 648. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1468-1331

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Abstract

Background and purposePatients with Parkinson's disease (PD) are at high risk for cognitive dysfunction. Non-pharmacological interventions have attracted increasing interest for enhancing PD patients' cognitive functions. MethodsOne-year follow-up data (T-2) of a randomized controlled trial evaluating two 6-week cognitive trainings - a structured (NEUROvitalis, NV) and an unstructured (mentally fit, MF) program - compared with a waiting list control group (CG) in non-demented PD patients (Hoehn and Yahr I-III) are presented. Forty-seven PD patients were examined at T-2. Effects on overall cognitive functions (Mini-Mental State Examination and DemTect) were compared between all groups with repeated measurement analyses of variance. A combined score of the percentage change value from baseline (T-0) to T-2 was calculated to identify patients who retained or improved their cognitive state (responders). The risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) was analyzed. ResultsSignificant time x treatment effects on overall cognitive functions were found for both training groups, each compared separately to the CG (DemTect, P<0.05). Nine patients (56.3%) of the NV group, seven (41.2%) of the MF group and three (21.4%) of the CG were responders. Comparing NV to CG the odds ratio was 4.7 [95% confidence interval (0.8; 33.3)], and comparing MF to CG it was 2.6 [95% confidence interval (0.4; 17.4)]. MCI risk for patients without prior MCI was 40.0% in CG, 18.2% in MF and 18.2% in NV. The odds ratio was 3 comparing NV to CG, MF to CG. DiscussionThis study gives evidence that cognitive training may be effective to prevent cognitive decline and onset of MCI in PD patients.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Petrelli, A. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kaesberg, S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Barbe, M. T. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Timmermann, L. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rosen, J. B. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Fink, G. R. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kessler, J. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kalbe, E. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-408954
DOI:	10.1111/ene.12621
Journal or Publication Title:	Eur. J. Neurol.
Volume:	22
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 640 - 648
Date:	2015
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1468-1331
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language IMPAIRMENT; DEMENTIA; EFFICACY; LIFE Multiple languages Clinical Neurology; Neurosciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/40895