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Use of focused computerized cognitive training (Neuroflex) to improve symptoms in women with persistent chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment

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العنوان: Use of focused computerized cognitive training (Neuroflex) to improve symptoms in women with persistent chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment
المؤلفون: Vega, Jennifer N., Newhouse, Paul A., Conley, Alexander C., Szymkowicz, Sarah M., Gong, Xuewen, Cote, Sarah, Mayer, Ingrid, Taylor, Warren D., Morimoto, Sarah Shizuko
المساهمون: Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Justin and Valere Potter Cancer Fund
المصدر: DIGITAL HEALTH ; volume 9 ; ISSN 2055-2076 2055-2076
بيانات النشر: SAGE Publications
سنة النشر: 2023
مصطلحات موضوعية: Health Information Management, Computer Science Applications, Health Informatics, Health Policy
الوصف: Purpose Chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) is a distressing and increasingly recognized long-term sequela reported by breast cancer patients following cancer treatment. There is an urgent but unmet clinical need for treatments that improve CRCI. In this context, we proposed the use of a novel cognitive enhancement strategy called Neuroflex to target CRCI experienced by breast cancer survivors. Methods The primary aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of Neuroflex, a novel digital cognitive enhancement strategy, in breast and gynecologic cancer survivors with CRCI. Secondary analyses focused on whether improvements in performance on Neuroflex were associated with improvement in subjective cognitive complaints and objective cognitive performance measures. Results Participants ( N = 21) completed an average of 7.42 hours of Neuroflex training per week, an average of 44.5 (±1.01) hours total, and had a 100% completion rate. Participants exhibited significant improvement in self-reported cognitive function as well as significant improvement on tasks of verbal learning and memory and auditory working memory. Participants also exhibited improvement in mood, as well as improvement on a disability assessment. Conclusions Results demonstrate feasibility and that breast cancer survivors are capable of completing a lengthy and challenging cognitive training program. Secondly, Neuroflex may confer specific cognitive benefits to both self-reported and objective performance. Results strongly support further investigation of Neuroflex in a larger controlled trial to establish efficacy for CRCI symptoms. Further studies may also result in optimization of this digital intervention for women with CRCI.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
DOI: 10.1177/20552076231192754
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076231192754Test
حقوق: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0Test/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.430D9480
قاعدة البيانات: BASE