Overview
The Greek Interventional Geriatric Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (GINGER) is a six-month multimodal, multicenter study aimed at people with Subjective Cognitive Impairement (SCI).
One of the GINGER's interventional components is the Physcial Activity (PA) component, coordinated by the University of Patras.
This PA component's scope is to determine whether an enhanced individualized physical exercise intervention programme can improve cognitive changes, physical function, quality of life and wellbeing in people with subjective cognitive decline.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria include people with:
- Subjective Cognitive Decline confirmed from the Subjctive Cognitive Decline Questionnaire (SCD - Q score >7)
- Absence of objective cognitive imparement as confirmed from cognitive assessment tests (i.e. MoCA, Trail A & B, Stroop, RCFT, FAS. )
Exclusion Criteri include people with:
- Mild Cognitive Impairement (MCI) or dementia
- Chronic psychiatric or neurological disorders affecting cognition (i.e. bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, MS, TBI, Parkinson's disease etc.)
- Unstable pathological diseases (i.e. uncontrolled hypothyrodism, athythmias, uncontrolled hypertension, high blood pressure at rest etc.)
- Recent (<6 month) surgery, which restrics active participation in exercise/physical activity
- inadequate knowledge of Greek