Psychosocial Interventions for Alzheimer’s Disease Cognitive Symptoms: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis
BMC Geriatrics
Duan, Y., Lu, L., et al. (2018).
BMC Geriatrics, 18(1), 175.
This meta-analysis investigates the effect of psychosocial interventions to improve or maintain cognitive function in individuals with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
National Natural Science Foundation (China); Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (China)
Up to August 2017
Randomized controlled trials
10
For individuals with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, combined cognitive training and acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (ChEIs) therapy (SMD: 6.27, 95% CI: -1.05, 13.44) was associated with better outcomes on the Mini-Mental State Examination when compared all other included treatments. Psychosocial interventions in general were found to be associated with the improvement or maintenance of cognitive skills, however many treatments were outside of SLP scope (e.g., walking programs, exercise programs, art therapy).
