Malaysian Research Institute on Aging, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.
Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Front Public Health. 2021 Apr 22;9:594953. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.594953. eCollection 2021.
Prospective Memory (PM) is a cognitive function affected by aging. PM is the memory of future intentions and is significantly involved in everyday life, especially among older adults. Nevertheless, there are a few studies focused on PM training among healthy older adults and these studies did not report the optimal duration of training regarding improving PM performance among older adults. The present study aimed to determine the effective duration for training PM performance among healthy older adults. The current study was a randomized, controlled, single-blind, within-participants crossover trial including a training program with a duration of 12 h. The sample of 25 older adults aged 55 to 74 years recruited from the active members of the University of the Third Age (U3A), Kuala Lumpur/Selangor, their family members, and friends. The study design ensured some participants would receive the training after baseline while others would wait for 6 weeks after the baseline before receiving the training. All participants were evaluated five times: at baseline, 6, 12, 16, and at 24 weeks post-baseline. Moreover, the training program ensured all participants were assessed after each training session. The minimum number of hours to achieve training effects for this multi-component training program was eight. Results supported the efficacy of the training program in improving PM performance among healthy older adults. Also, the optimal duration for the multicomponent training program on PM performance among healthy older adults was obtained. This trial is registered at isrctn.com (#ISRCTN57600070).
前瞻性记忆 (PM) 是一种受衰老影响的认知功能。PM 是对未来意图的记忆，它与日常生活密切相关，尤其是在老年人中。然而，针对健康老年人的 PM 训练研究较少，这些研究并没有报告关于改善老年人 PM 表现的最佳训练持续时间。本研究旨在确定健康老年人 PM 表现训练的有效持续时间。本研究是一项随机、对照、单盲、同一参与者交叉试验，包括一个持续 12 小时的训练计划。该研究从吉隆坡/雪兰莪的第三年龄大学（U3A）的活跃成员、他们的家庭成员和朋友中招募了 25 名年龄在 55 至 74 岁的老年人作为样本。研究设计确保一些参与者在基线后接受训练，而另一些参与者在基线后等待 6 周后再接受训练。所有参与者均评估了 5 次：基线时、6 周时、12 周时、16 周时和基线后 24 周时。此外，该训练计划确保在每次训练后都对所有参与者进行评估。对于这个多组分训练计划，要达到训练效果的最小时间是 8 小时。研究结果支持了该训练计划对健康老年人 PM 表现的有效性。此外，还获得了健康老年人 PM 表现多组分训练计划的最佳持续时间。该试验已在 isrctn.com（#ISRCTN57600070）注册。
