Enhancing Cognitive Control Abilities Using Mobile Technology in a Senior Living Community

Not Applicable

Terminated

Conditions: Aging
Cognitive Change

Registration Number: NCT04905849

Lead Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco

Brief Summary: The goal of this study is to test the feasibility of launching a personalized digital health assessment and remediation program for the older adults in senior living communities based upon an initial characterization of these abilities. Evidence of feasibility here using these unique methodological approaches would provide empirical evidence supporting the basis for a larger-scale implementation of such digital health technologies into less controlled senior settings.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: TERMINATED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 12

Inclusion Criteria

Must be living at a Senior Living Community
have own iPad and/or smartphone,
native-English speaker.

Participation across a spectrum of cognitive abilities is desired for this study, specifically for older adults in a community setting.

Exclusion Criteria

Do not have any physical or cognitive limitations that would clearly prevent them from utilizing these applications as intended

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: SEQUENTIAL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants Who Attempted to Complete the Adaptive Cognitive Evaluation (ACE) From Baseline at 6 Weeks	At Baseline and post intervention at the 6 week mark	ACE is a custom mobile cognitive health assessment battery that presents paradigms typically used in standard cognitive neuroscience laboratories. Here the investigators will assess a measure of (1) Attention and (2) Working memory in the ACE software.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean Performance on the Everyday Cognition Scale (ECog) From Baseline at 6 Weeks	At Baseline and post intervention at the 6 week mark	The Everyday Cognition Scale (ECog) measures the ability to perform everyday tasks that demand memory, language, visuospatial abilities, planning, organization, and divided attention. The ECog consists of a global and domain scores for each of the previously described categories, and is scored as follows: 1= better or no change compared to 10 years earlier, 2= questionable/occasionally worse compared to 10 years earlier, 3= consistently a little worse compared to 10 years earlier, 4= consistently much worse compared to 10 years earlier. Thus, the lower the overall score is on this measure at both the global and domain score level, the better one is performing with respect to their cognition.
Mean Change on Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) From Baseline at 6 Weeks	At Baseline and post intervention at the 6 week mark	The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) assesses participant distractibility. The CFQ score ranges from 0 to 100, with the lower the overall score is on this measure, the better one is performing with respect to their cognition.
Mean Change on General Health and Well-being (SF-36) From Baseline at 6 Weeks	At Baseline and post intervention at the 6 week mark	The general health and well-being (SF-36) score assesses participant health. The SF-36 score ranges from 0 to 100. The higher the overall score is on this measure, the better one is performing with respect to their health and well-being.