title: Relearning of Activities of Daily Living: A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Three Learning Methods in Patients with Dementia of the Alzheimer Type.
abstract: This study examined the effectiveness of three different learning methods: trial and error learning (TE), errorless learning (EL) and learning by modeling with spaced retrieval (MR) on the relearning process of IADL in mild-to-moderately severe Alzheimer's Dementia (AD) patients (n=52), using a 6-weeks randomized controlled trial design. The participants had to relearn three IADLs. Repeated-measure analyses during pre-intervention, post-intervention and 1-month delayed sessions were performed. All three learning methods were found to have similar efficiency. However, the intervention produced greater improvements in the actual performance of the IADL tasks than on their explicit knowledge. This study confirms that the relearning of IADL is possible with AD patients through individualized interventions, and that the improvements can be maintained even after the intervention.
authors.affiliation: J. Bourgeois, COBTEK, EA 7276, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France, jeremy.bourgeois@unice.fr.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laye
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lemaire
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deudon
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Darmon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giaume
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lafont
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brinck-Jensen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dechamps
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: König
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Robert
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003704:Dementia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory