Table 3.
Study | Comparator | Duration (minutes) | Frequency (times per week) | Period (weeks) | Outcome measures | Follow-up | Attritions, N |
Finn and McDonald [31] | Control | N/Aa | N/A | N/A | D-KEFS-NSb | After the intervention | 7 |
Robert et al [32] | Control | N/A | N/A | N/A | TMT-Ac, SCWTd, and WAIS-R-Dsye | After the intervention; 12-week follow-up | NRf |
Savulich et al [33] | Control | N/A | N/A | N/A | CANTAB-CRTg | After the intervention | 0 |
Valdes et al [34] | Control | N/A | N/A | N/A | UFOVh | After the intervention; 52-, 104-, 156-, and 261-week follow-up | NR |
Yang and Kwak [35] | Control | N/A | N/A | N/A | GnGi and SCWT | After the intervention | 0 |
Thapa et al [36] | Control | N/A | N/A | N/A | TMT-A and SDSTj | After the intervention | 2 |
Tarnanas et al [37] | Control and conventional cognitive activities | 90 | 2 | 21 | SCWT | After the intervention | 9 |
Fiatarone Singh et al [38] | Control, conventional exercises+sham cognitive training, and serious games+conventional exercises | Control: 75; conventional exercises+sham cognitive training: 100; serious games+conventional exercises: 60 | 2 | 25 | SDMTk | After the intervention; 74-week follow-up | 14 |
Amjad et al [39] | Conventional exercises | 25 to 30 | 5 | 6 | TMT-A | After the intervention | 6 |
Wiloth et al [40] | Conventional exercises | 60 | 2 | 10 | TMT-A | After the intervention; 12-week follow-up | 26 |
Van Santen et al [41] | Conventional exercises | N/A | 5 | 25 | TMT-A | Midintervention and after the intervention | 28 |
Karssemeijer et al [42] | Conventional exercises (aerobic exercises); conventional exercises (relaxation and flexibility exercises) | 30 to 50 | 3 | 12 | TMT-A and SCWT | Midintervention and after the intervention; 24-week follow-up | 23 |
Liao et al [43] | Conventional exercises | 60 | 3 | 12 | SCWT | After the intervention | 15 |
Flak et al [44] | Nonadaptive serious game | 30 to 40 | 5 | 5 | D-KEFS-CWIT1l and D-KEFS-CWIT2m | After the intervention; 4- and 16-week follow-up | 17 |
Hyer et al [45] | Nonadaptive serious game | 40 | 7 | 5 to 7 | TMT-A | After the intervention; 12-week follow-up | 9 |
Park and Park [46] | Exergames | 30 | 3 | 10 | SCWT | After the intervention | 0 |
aN/A: not applicable.
bD-KEFS-NS: Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System Test Battery-Number Sequencing.
cTMT-A: Trail Making Test A.
dSCWT: Stroop Color and Word Test.
eWAIS-R-Dsy: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised-Digit Symbol.
fNR: not reported.
gCANTAB-CRT: Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery-Choice Reaction Time.
hUFOV: Useful Field of View test.
iGnG: go-no go.
jSDST: Symbol Digit Substitution Test.
kSDMT: Symbol Digit Modalities Test.
lD-KEFS-CWIT1: Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System Color-Word Interference Test 1.
mD-KEFS-CWIT2: Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System Color-Word Interference Test 2.