title: [Cognitive intervention in mild cognitive impairment. A review].
abstract: Cognitive intervention involves training, stimulation and rehabilitation of higher brain functions, and stands as a non pharmacological treatment option for patients with cognitive symptoms and dementia. Mild Cognitive Impairment is a syndrome that appears to capture a group of individuals in a transitional state between normal aging and dementia. Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment have a higher risk of progression to dementia. There are different subtypes of Mild Cognitive Impairment taking in consideration the cognitive domains that are affected, being the amnestic subtype the most common. This review examines the publications that explored the utility and efficacy of cognitive intervention in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Although there is great variability in the studies design, in the type of intervention, in the treatment length and in the outcome measures selected, the majority of the papers reviewed reported a beneficial effect of the intervention, and none of them found an unfavorable result. Further adequately designed studies of cognitive treatment interventions in the different Mild Cognitive Impairment subtypes are needed to evaluate their potential benefits in ameliorating the patients' symptoms and in reducing the rate of progression to dementia.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Psicología y Educación, Universidad Católica Argentina, Departamento de Neurociencias Cognitivas, Instituto de Neurociencias Buenos Aires (INEBA). idemey@fundacionineba.org
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Demey
authors.forename: Ricardo F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Allegri
mesh_terms: D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans