Alzheimer's & Dementia: EXERT trial recruitment experience: How does aerobic exercise affect the elderly with amnesia and mild cognitive impairment?

In view of the many challenges in identifying patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in a community environment, successful recruitment of patients with mild cognitive impairment to participate in clinical trials requires innovative strategies

Individuals recruited from memory clinics and communities often have more advanced MCI, which may not be representative of a wider range of adults with early MCI

Mild cognitive impairment often can not function in routine clinical care to identify mild cognitive impairment often can not function in routine clinical care to identify diagnostic

Strategies for effectively recruiting adult MCI patients to participate in non-pharmacological treatment trials are not well documented

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EXERT is an 18-month multi-site randomized controlled trial to study the effects of aerobic exercise on the cognitive trajectory of adults with amnestic MCI .

The effect of aerobic exercise on the cognitive trajectory of adults with amnestic MCI The effect of aerobic exercise on the cognitive trajectory of adults with amnestic MCI

EXERT test flow chart

EXERT test flow chart EXERT test flow chart

Recruitment was carried out from September 2016 to March 2020, and the initial progress was slow

After a large number of information sheets mailed 490,323 postcards and brochures charts for age and geographical constraints, a substantial increase in the rate of recruitment in a large number of information sheets mailed 490,323 postcards and brochures charts for age and geographical recruit a substantial increase in the rate of bulk mail accounts randomly 52% of participants send mass emails to 52% of random participants

This shows that in recruiting elderly people with amnestic MCI to participate in an 18-month exercise test, mass dissemination of information based on age and region is the most effective method

Mass distribution of information materials targeting age and region is the most effective method Mass distribution of information materials targeting age and region is the most effective method

 

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Aladdin H.

Aladdin H.

 

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