Table 1. Multimodal program for the intervention group.
Cognitive training | Tai Chi Exercise | Group counseling | |
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Frequency | 3 sessions per week | 3 sessions per week | 1 session per week |
Duration | 60 min per session | 60 min per session | 90 min per session |
No. of sessions | 18 | 18 | 6 |
Training contents | Mnemonic training: generation of mental images, associating items (interactive imagery and sentence generation), and loci method. | The Yang Style 24-form Tai Chi | Aimed to promote subjective well-being through reminiscence on three topics: career, family, and heath. Emphasized the process of reviewing and interpreting positive experiences, and finding a sense of self, and the meaning of life. |
Executive function training: three tablet games designed to train three components of executive function (inhibition, switching, and updating) developed for this study. | |||
Instructor | Trained instructors with a detailed training manual | An experienced Tai Chi instructor and two teaching assistants | A licensed counseling psychologist |