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Abstract
This paper presents a comprehensive group intervention for older adults with cognitive complaints. It offers psychoeducation about cognitive aging and contextual factors, focuses on skills and compensatory behavior, and incorporates group discussion. The intervention reduced negative emotional reactions towards cognitive functioning in a controlled study in healthy women aged 60 to 75 years. Its background and content are described in detail to enable replication and large-scale implementation. Therefore, a process evaluation was carried out. The results support participants' appreciation and point to better self-evaluations after intervention. This intervention may offer a valuable contribution to public health care for older adults.
The authors thank Esther Steins and Climmy van den Nieuwenhof for their help in implementing the intervention. The assistance of Sil Aarts, Annette Joosten, and Annelies Wouters in collecting the data is highly appreciated. No conflicts of interest affect this manuscript.
Notes
Note. EPQ = Eysenck Personality Questionnaire; CES-D = Centre of Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination.
