Cognitive Training in a Multi-task Daily Life Task: a Feasibility Study in Healthy Older Adults
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 24
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in Range of Stop Times Score
研究概览
简要总结
This study evaluated the feasibility of a remote web-based ecological cognitive training protocol to healthy older adults. The training protocol involves 5 training sessions.
详细描述
Previous research demonstrated the relevance in training cognitive abilities that typically decline with age, such as those associated with executive control (e.g., abstract thinking, selective and divided attention, planning, task-switching and inhibitory control). The aim of the present study is to investigate the feasibility of a web-based cognitive training focused on executive control to cognitively healthy older adults. The participants will undergo the web-training in a daily type situation of meal preparation (i.e., Breakfast Game). The training protocol combines the tasks of table setting and cooking in a multi-tasking fashion. In some sessions Emphasis Change approach will be apply to the training, in order to assess it feasibility and potential effects in optimizing the performance. In addition, participants will undergo a brief web-based cognitive evaluation before and after training. If feasible, the investigators protocol will allow training older adults in critical cognitive skills for daily life situations. The web-based training is an advancement since it can be delivered at-home, remotely supervised, and is easily scalable. Recently, remote interventions have been particularly relevant to older adults due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which may limit in-person research participation.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 60 Years 至 75 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Cognitively healthy older adults
排除标准
- •Low test scores (below 26 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment - MoCA)
- •Presence of certain medical conditions (i.e., major neurological or psychiatric disorder, or a medical condition that may impact cognitive functioning).
- •Subjects which English is not the primary language, or with lack of capacity to consent will not be enrolled.
研究组 & 干预措施
Computerized Cognitive Training (Breakfast Game)
Participants will undergo a pilot training protocol where they will have to perform two tasks concomitantly, in a multi-tasking fashion. The tasks are related to everyday activities as "cooking" and "setting tables".
干预措施: Multi-tasking Training (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Range of Stop Times Score
时间窗: Up to 3 weeks
Change in cooking time (milliseconds) between food items. In the computerized task, participants are asked to cook different food types. Scores reflect is the difference between the first and last food item stopped cooking. Lowers scores (closest to zero) represent a better outcome.
Change in the Number of Tables Set Score
时间窗: Up to 3 weeks
Change in the total number of tables set. In the computerized task, participants are asked to set tables for four guests, when finished, one point is given. Higher scores represent a better outcome.
Change in Cooking Time Discrepancy Scores
时间窗: Up to 3 weeks
Change in cooking time (milliseconds) in each food type. In the computerized task, participants are asked to cook different food types. Scores reflect the average absolute values of the difference between the required and actual cooking time of each item. Lowers scores (closest to zero) represent a better outcome.
次要结局
- Post-training feasibility questionnaire(Within one week after the intervention)