Chan Agnes S, Cheung Winnie K, Yeung Michael K, Woo Jean, Kwok Timothy, Shum David H K, Yu Ruby, Cheung Mei-Chun
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong, Hong Kong.
Chanwuyi Research Center for Neuropsychological Well-Being, The Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong, Hong Kong.
Front Aging Neurosci. 2017 Jun 12;9:190. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00190. eCollection 2017.
There is growing interest in the adoption of lifestyle interventions to remediate age-related declines in memory functioning and physical and psychological health among older adults. This study aimed to investigate whether a Chinese -based lifestyle intervention, the Dejian Mind-Body Intervention (DMBI), leads to positive benefits for memory functioning in older adults. Fifty-six adults aged 60 years or older with subjective memory complaints (SMC) were randomly assigned to receive the DMBI or a control intervention (i.e., a conventional memory intervention; MI) once a week for 10 weeks; 48 of the adults completed the intervention. Participants' verbal and visual memory functioning before and after the intervention were compared. In addition, changes in the participants' subjective feelings about their memory performance and physical and psychological health after the intervention were examined. The results showed that both the DMBI and MI resulted in significant improvements in both verbal and visual memory functioning and that the extent of the improvements was correlated with participants' level of performance at baseline. In addition, compared to the MI group, the DMBI group had significantly greater improvements in subjective physical and psychological health after the intervention. In summary, the present findings support the potential of the DMBI as an alternative lifestyle intervention for improving memory functioning, subjective physical and psychological health of older adults with SMC.
人们越来越关注通过生活方式干预来改善老年人与年龄相关的记忆功能衰退以及身体和心理健康状况。本研究旨在调查基于中国传统的生活方式干预——德建身心干预（DMBI）是否能对老年人的记忆功能产生积极影响。56名60岁及以上有主观记忆抱怨（SMC）的成年人被随机分配，每周接受一次DMBI或对照干预（即传统记忆干预；MI），为期10周；48名成年人完成了干预。比较了参与者在干预前后的言语和视觉记忆功能。此外，还检查了参与者在干预后对其记忆表现以及身体和心理健康的主观感受的变化。结果表明，DMBI和MI均能显著改善言语和视觉记忆功能，且改善程度与参与者基线时的表现水平相关。此外，与MI组相比，DMBI组在干预后主观身体和心理健康方面的改善更为显著。总之，本研究结果支持DMBI作为一种替代性生活方式干预措施，用于改善有SMC的老年人的记忆功能、主观身体和心理健康状况的潜力。
