Effects of different learning methods for instrumental activities of daily living in patients with Alzheimer's dementia: A pilot study

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 273-281

  Dechamps, Arnaud ^a   Fasotti, Luciano ^b,c   Jungheim, Jeltine ^a,b   Leone, Elsa ^d   Dood, Erna ^b   Allioux, Apolline ^e   Robert, Philippe H ^d   Gervais, Xavier ^f   Maubourguet, Nathalie ^f   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a   Kessels, Roy P C ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^e EHPAD les Balcons de Tivoli   (France)

^f FFAMCO   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's dementia; errorless learning; instrumental activities of daily living; learning and memory; modeling; neuropsychology; trial and error

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79960532983     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317511404394     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Olazarán J., Reisberg B., Clare L., et al. Nonpharmacological therapies in Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review of efficacy. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2010 ; 30 (2). 161-178.
2. Baddeley A., Wilson BA When implicit learning fails: amnesia and the problem of error elimination. Neuropsychologia. 1994 ; 32 (1). 53-68. (Pubitemid 24048436)
3. Kessels RPC, de Haan EHF. Implicit learning in memory rehabilitation: a meta-analysis on errorless learning and vanishing cues methods. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2003 ; 25 (6). 805-814.
4. Kessels RPC, Hensken LM Effects of errorless skill learning in people with mild-to-moderate or severe dementia: a randomized controlled pilot study. NeuroRehabilitation. 2009 ; 25 (4). 307-312.
5. Bier N., Van der Linden M., Gagnon L., et al. Face-name association learning in early Alzheimer's disease: a comparison of learning methods and their underlying mechanisms. Neuropsychol Rehabil. 2008 ; 18 (3). 343-371. (Pubitemid 351874174)
6. Clare L., Wilson BA, Carter G., Breen K., Gosses A., Hodges JR Intervening with everyday memory problems in dementia of Alzheimer type: an errorless learning approach. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2000 ; 22 (1). 132-146. (Pubitemid 30114650)
7. Lekeu F., Wojtasik V., Van der Linden M., Salmon E. Training early Alzheimer patients to use a mobile phone. Acta Neurol Belg. 2002 ; 102 (3). 114-121. (Pubitemid 35174976)
8. Clare L., Jones RS Errorless learning in the rehabilitation of memory impairment: a critical review. Neuropsychol Rev. 2008 ; 18 (1). 1-23.
9. Bandura A. Psychological Modeling: Conflicting Theories. Chicago, IL: Aldine / Atherton ; 1971.
10. Dechamps A., Diolez P., Thiaudiere E., et al. Effects of exercise programs to prevent decline in health-related quality of life in highly deconditioned institutionalized elderly persons: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med. 2010 ; 170 (2). 162-169.
11. Klimkowicz-Mrowiec A., Slowik A., Krzywoszanski L., Herzog-Krzywoszanska R., Szczudlik A. Severity of explicit memory impairment due to Alzheimer's disease improves effectiveness of implicit learning. J Neurol. 2008 ; 255 (4). 502-509.
12. Metzler-Baddeley C., Snowden JS Errorless versus errorful learning as a memory rehabilitation approach in Alzheimer's Disease. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2005 ; 27 (8). 1070-1079. (Pubitemid 41527537)
13. Meulenbroek O., Vernooij-Dassen M., Kessels RPC, et al. Informed consent in dementia research: legislation, theoretical concepts and how to assess capacity to consent. Eur Geriatr Med. 2010 ; 1: 58-63.
14. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 4th ed. Washington, DC: APA ; 1994.
15. McKhann G., Drachman D., Folstein M., Katzman R., Price D., Stadlan EM Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: report of the NINCDS-ADRDA Work Group under the auspices of Department of Health and Human Services Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease. Neurology. 1984 ; 34 (7). 939-944. (Pubitemid 14076461)
16. Folstein MF, Folstein SE, McHugh PR ''Mini-mental state'': a practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. J Psychiatr Res. 1975 ; 12 (3). 189-198.
17. Bowie CR, Harvey PD Administration and interpretation of the Trail Making Test. Nat Protoc. 2006 ; 1 (5). 2277-2281.
18. Lindeboom J., Schmand B., Tulner L., Walstra G., Jonker C. Visual association test to detect early dementia of the Alzheimer type. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2002 ; 73 (2). 126-133.
19. Akhtar S., Moulin CJ, Bowie PC Are people with mild cognitive impairment aware of the benefits of errorless learning ? Neuropsychol Rehabil. 2006 ; 16 (3). 329-346.
20. Graff MJ, Vernooij-Dassen MJ, Thijssen M., Dekker J., Hoefnagels WH, Olde Rikkert MGM. Community based occupational therapy for patients with dementia and their care givers: randomised controlled trial. Br Med J. 2006 ; 333 (7580). 1196.