Hardiman, Sharon;
Cousins, Rory;
Ryan, Aisling;
Kennedy, Maria;
Hagan, Leigh;
Santos, Flavia H;
(2025)
Proactive Cognitive Stimulation for Younger Adults With Down Syndrome. A Feasibility Randomised Control Trial.
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
, 38
(5)
, Article e70120. 10.1111/jar.70120.
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Abstract
Background: Most adults with Down syndrome develop Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology in their 30s, yet research into cognitive health programmes for this group remains limited. / / Method: A mixed-methods feasibility randomised control trial (RCT) evaluated an adapted, manualised group-based cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) programme for adults with Down syndrome (N = 12; Mage = 30) without dementia. Participants were randomly assigned to CST (n = 6) or control (services as usual; n = 6), with assessments at baseline, post-programme, and four-month follow-up by a blinded researcher. / / Results: The adapted CST was feasible, with high attendance, strong satisfaction, and good CST programme fidelity (all > 85%). CST participants showed significant gains in adaptive behaviour at post-programme, maintained at follow-up, and a trend towards improved episodic memory at post-programme. / / Conclusion: Manualised group-based CST can be successfully adapted for younger adults with Down syndrome and shows promise in supporting cognitive health for this population.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Proactive Cognitive Stimulation for Younger Adults With Down Syndrome. A Feasibility Randomised Control Trial |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jar.70120 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.70120 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For the purpose of open access, the author(s) has applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission |
| Keywords: | cognitive health, cognitive stimulation therapy, down syndrome, feasibility RCT, healthy ageing |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10218987 |
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