A Computer-based Memory Strategy Training Program for Older Adults
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: E-MinD Life Semantic, Cognitive stimulation.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Healthy Older Adults, Memory Complaints, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Basic parameters: from 65 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Hong Kong
- Next step
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Official title
A Computer-based Memory Strategy Training Program to Promote Everyday Performance in Healthy Older Adults, Older Adults With Memory Complaints, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Dementia
Overview
A computer-based cognitive rehabilitation program based on daily tasks utilising the semantic encoding strategies called Enhancing Memory in Daily Life (E-MinD Life) has been developed for Chinese people. The aim of the E-MinD Life is to delay functional deterioration associated with possible cognitive changes in healthy older adults, older adults with memory complaints, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild dementia. This project will pilot-test the E-MinD Life in Chinese healthy older adults, older adults with memory complaints, MCI and mild dementia.
Detailed description
The objectives of the study are to investigate the feasibility and pilot-test the benefits of the computer-based E-MinD Life (Semantic) program to promote everyday performance in healthy older adults, older adults with memory complaints, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild dementia in Hong Kong using a randomised control trial.
Three groups of participants will be recruited: (1) 15 healthy older adults, (2) 15 older adults aged over 65 years with memory complaints, or older adults aged over 65 years, meeting the diagnostic criteria for MCI with a Clinical Dementia Rating score of 0 or having mild dementia with a Clinical Dementia Rating score of 1. All participants will have no depression and other clinical conditions that may affect their cognition. Their scores on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment will be recorded. Their carers or family members are invited to participate.
Interventions
- Behavioral E-MinD Life Semantic
The E-MinD Life programme is designed to teach semantic memory strategies. The memory strategies are applied to 12 common daily activities required for community living, e.g. meal preparation, laundry activities, and built into the E-MinD Life programme on a computer-based platform. The intervention runs over 9 weeks with one 45-minute individual face-to-face or online healthcare-professional-led session and two 30-minute, family-assisted home sessions per week. During the home sessions, partici - Behavioral Cognitive stimulation
Participants will receive stimulation for visual attention and memory through activities such as playing a game that requires them to find missing pieces, and auditory attention and memory through activities such as remembering a song. The intervention will adopt a similar structure as the E-MinD Life Semantic group, with one 45-minute individual face-to-face or online healthcare-professional-led session and two 30-minute, family-assisted home sessions per week for 9 weeks.
Primary outcome measures
- Accceptability [Time frame: End of the intervention at 9 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (6)
- Feasibility by measuring the attendance rate [Time frame: Through the intervention for 9 weeks, attendance at each session]
- Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease - Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (CERAD-NAB) [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 9 weeks]
- Digit Span Test [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 9 weeks]
- Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 9 weeks]
- Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 9 weeks]
- EuroQoL- 5 Dimensions - 5 Levels Hong Kong version (EQ-5D-5L_HK) [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 9 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
Group 1: healthy older adults aged 65 years or above Group 2: older adults aged 65 years or above with memory complaints Group 3: older adults aged 65 or above with mild cognitive impairment
Exclusion Criteria (for all groups 1, 2 and 3)
\- have depression and other clinical conditions that may affect their cognition.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Hong Kong · 1 center
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University — Hong Kong
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07039708 · HongKongPU_E-MinD Life Semanti