Resumo

Alcohol abuse impacts on cognitive functioning. We report a test of a cognitive stimulation intervention on patients recovering from alcohol dependence syndrome. 169 patients were split into 2 groups (cognitive stimulation and controls). Patients in cognitive stimulation and engaged in a 10-session protocol with cognitive exercises in the form of serious games, as well as the general treatment, whereas controls underwent general treatment only. The results show greater improvement in cognitive performance post-treatment for patients in the cognitive stimulation group.

Idioma originalInglês
Título da publicação do anfitriãoProceedings of the 3rd Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2015
EditoresDaniyal M. Alghazzawi, Habib M. Fardoun, Victor M. Ruiz Penichet, Pedro Gamito
EditoraAssociation for Computing Machinery
Páginas14-17
Número de páginas4
ISBN (eletrónico)9781450338981
DOIs
Estado da publicaçãoPublicadas - 1 out. 2015
Evento3rd Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2015 - Lisbon
Duração: 1 out. 20152 out. 2015

Série de publicação

NomeACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume01-02-October-2015

Conferência

Conferência3rd Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2015
País/TerritórioPortugal
CidadeLisbon
Período1/10/152/10/15

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