Applied Research on a Non-pharmacological Intervention Program for Older Adults With Subjective Cognitive Decline

Applied Research on a Group-based Non-pharmacological Intervention Program for Community-dwelling Older Adults With Subjective Cognitive Decline

This study aims to verify the short-term and long-term effects of a group-based non-pharmacological intervention program for community-dwelling older adults with subjective cognitive decline, and to evaluate its implementation outcomes, through a rigorously designed cluster randomized controlled trial.

This study adopts a cluster randomized controlled design to implement a group-based non-pharmacological intervention for older adults with subjective cognitive decline. The effects of the intervention on global cognitive function, episodic memory, executive function, attention, language function, subjective memory function, anxiety, depression, social participation, gait speed, physical activity level, and healthy lifestyle behaviors will be evaluated. In addition, implementation outcomes will be assessed based on the RE-AIM framework and the CFIR framework.

Inclusion Criteria Aged ≥60 Community dwelling Subjective memory decline, confirmed by Subjective Cognitive Decline Questionnaire(SCD-Q9)≥5 Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores ≥19, 22, or 24 for participants who had primary school, middle school, or higher education, respectively Overall intact activities of daily living No planned exercise or cognitive intervention activities within the past six months Voluntary participants who will be informed of the study objectives by the researcher and will sign the informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria Any other neurodegenerative diseases (such as mild cognitive impairment, dementia, Parkinson's disease, stroke, etc.) Any severe or unstable internal medical conditions (i.e., unstable or severe asthma or heart disease, liver and kidney diseases, uncontrolled hypertension, severe metabolic diseases, etc.) Severe depressive, anxiety or other psychiatric disorders Movement contraindications Those currently participating in other research trials.