Discover Community Create You

Loading publication...

Noodle always counts identifier-free feature events for service operation. With your permission, Google Analytics can also estimate audience and engagement. Search text, publication identifiers, cookies, IP addresses and browser fingerprints are never included in Noodle's first-party event counters.

Privacy details

Article

Can leisure activities slow dementia progression in nursing home residents? A cluster-randomized controlled trial.

International psychogeriatrics - 1 Apr 2014

Cheng Sheung-Tak, Chow Pizza K, Song You-Qiang, Yu Edwin C S, Lam John H M

Abstract excerpt

BACKGROUND: To examine the effects of complex cognitive (mahjong) and physical (Tai Chi) activities on dementia severity in nursing home residents with dementia. METHODS: Cluster-randomized open-label controlled design. 110 residents were randomized by nursing home into three conditions: mahjong, Tai Chi, and simple handicrafts (control). Activities were conducted three times a week for 12 weeks. Clinical...

Read the complete abstract on PubMed

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

Share to Apolipoproteins E
Share to Cognition
Share to Cognition Disorders

Methodology Data sources Editorial policy Privacy About Contact Helena Bioinformatics

Share to Dementia

Share to Exercise

Share to Neuropsychological Tests

Share to Outcome Assessment, Health Care

Share to Severity of Illness Index

Source

Identifiers

PMID: 24411480
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213002524

Provenance

PubMed metadata and Literature Corpus relationships. Corpus snapshot updated 6 Sept 2026. Manifest publication-graph-cohort-2026-09-06.1.

Source receipt: pubmed, retrieved 6 Sept 2026.

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence.

Research trail→

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 12 closest

Can leisure activities slow dementia progression in nursing home residents? A cluster-randomized controlled trial.PMID 24411480Read ↗

Mental and physical activities delay cognitive decline in older persons with dementia.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Multidomain lifestyle interventions for the risk reduction of cognitive impairment and dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysisSemantic proximity Read ↗

Multidomain Interventions for Non-pharmacological Enhancement (MINE) Program in Chinese Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Multi-center Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial ProtocolSemantic proximity Read ↗

Hand motor activity, cognition, mood, and the rest-activity rhythm in dementia: a clustered RCT.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Multidomain Interventions for Non-pharmacological Enhancement (MINE) Program in Chinese Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial ProtocolSemantic proximity Read ↗

Combined effects of physical activity, cognitive activity, and dietary patterns on cognitive impairment in older adults with consideration of APOE genotype: a cohort study.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Is Preventive Adapted Physical Activity a Tool for Screening in Patients With MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment) and a Tool to Reduce Ad (Alzheimer’s Disease) Impairments Long-term? A Systematic Review.Semantic proximity Read ↗

‘Small Steps’ towards improving 24-hour time-use behaviours to decrease the risk of dementia: protocol for a personalised, web-based randomised controlled trial in community-dwelling older adultsSemantic proximity Read ↗

No Difference in Effects of ‘PACE Steps to Success’ Palliative Care Program for Nursing Home Residents With and Without Dementia: A Pre-Planned Subgroup Analysis of the Seven-Country PACE TrialSemantic proximity Read ↗

Nonpharmacological Multicomponent Intervention for Mild Cognitive Impairment with a Family-Patient Approach: Protocol for the Pilot Clinical Trial-INTERCOG StudySemantic proximity Read ↗

A Narrative Review On The Effects Of Exercise Intervention On Cognitive Function In Elderly Patients With Mild Cognitive ImpairmentSemantic proximity Read ↗

Effect of aerobic training versus brain gym exercises to improve global cognition and quality of life in elderly - a randomised clinical trial protocolSemantic proximity Read ↗

⌁Select a neighboring publication to make it the new centre.