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The main objective of the present trial was to evaluate the efficiency
of a preventative multicomponent prospective memory training among healthy older
adults. DESIGN: This study was a two-arm within-participants trial with 4- and
12-wk follow-ups. Allocation ratio was 1:1, and pretraining and posttraining
measurements were included.
A total number of 25 healthy older adults were
enrolled (mean = 63.32, SD = 4.44). Participants were randomly allocated into two
conditions: (a) prospective memory training: participants underwent a
multicomponent prospective memory training, and (b) control: participants were
not contacted during the training phase. After the training phase was finished,
participants crossed over to undergo the condition they did not experience
before. The differences between pretraining and posttraining measures of
prospective memory, activities of daily living, negative mood (depression), and
anxiety were assessed. All changes in the measurements were analyzed using
general linear method.
This trial is registered at https://www.isrctn.com
(#ISRCTN57600070). RESULTS: Multicomponent prospective memory training program
was significantly effective on both subjective and objective prospective memory
performances among healthy older adults. Moreover, the training had significant
positive effects on activities of daily living (independence) among participants.
In addition, negative mood and anxiety levels were reduced after the training was
finished. CONCLUSIONS: This multicomponent prospective memory training improved
prospective memory performance and activities of daily living and reduce negative
mood (depression) and anxiety levels among healthy older adults.

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