Leveraging Behavioral Economics to Understand and Improve Financial Decision Making Among Vulnerable Older Adults (Discovery)
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- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Financial Exploitation of Older Adults. Basic parameters: from 60 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
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Leveraging Behavioral Economics to Understand and Improve Financial Decision Making Among Vulnerable Older Adults
Overview
This study seeks to: * Identify behavioral preference patterns that characterize older adults vulnerable to financial exploitation. * Estimate the extent to which biases in decision-making process influence financial decisions among older adults vulnerable to financial exploitation to refine information content and behavioral 'nudge' strategies.
Primary outcome measures
- Frequency of choosing the riskier option on the risk tolerance decision-making task [Time frame: During the time of the decision-making task (about 5-10 minutes)]
- Frequency of choosing the more trusting option on the trust decision-making task [Time frame: During the time of the decision-making task (about 5-10 minutes)]
- Frequency of choosing the more altruistic option on the altruism decision-making task [Time frame: During the time of the decision-making task (about 5-10 minutes)]
- Frequency of choosing the more patient option on the impatience decision-making task [Time frame: During the time of the decision-making task (about 5-10 minutes)]
- Frequency of choosing the less loss-averse option on the loss-aversion decision-making task [Time frame: During the time of the decision-making task (about 5-10 minutes)]
- Physiological arousal as measured via heart rate [Time frame: During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)]
- Physiological arousal as measured via skin conductance [Time frame: During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)]
- Physiological arousal as measured via pupil dilation [Time frame: During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)]
- Frequency of facial expressions associated with valence and engagement [Time frame: During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)]
- Attention as assessed by eye fixations [Time frame: During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Response time during the behavioral tasks [Time frame: During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adults over the age of 60
- English speakers, to ensure comprehension of study tasks
Exclusion criteria
- Less than age 60
- Non-English speaker
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-control
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston — Houston
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07682727 · HSC-SPH-25-0344 (Discovery) · P30AG086563