The Feasibility of Web-Based Working Memory Training in Patients With Cancer Attending Inpatient Rehabilitation.

Harald Kåre EnganFrode SkankeVegar DahlEli Astrid Eimhjellen RyenKersti LindgrenJulie AasvikJon Arne Sandmæl

Published in: Integrative cancer therapies (2023)

The findings show that it is feasible to include web-based WM training during inpatient multidisciplinary rehabilitation for adult patients with cancer with cognitive complaints. However, patient adherence to unprompted web-based WM training after discharge from rehabilitation was not optimal. Thus, future studies should consider the barriers to adherence and the need for supervision and social support to reinforce home-based training.

Keyphrases

working memory
social support
virtual reality
depressive symptoms
palliative care
mental health
type diabetes
transcranial direct current stimulation
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
quality improvement