The assessment of Time to Improve Your Memory (TtIYM): a brief memory training program for community dwelling older adults.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- MemoryMental Health - Studies of normal psychology, cognitive function and behaviour
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12618000513213
- Lead Sponsor
- Hannah Jensen-Fielding
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 82
Inclusion Criteria
(1)Aged 60 years and above
(2)Have unimpaired or corrected sight and hearing
(3)Able to travel to the University of Queensland or other community-based study sites
(4)Have access to a mobile phone that can receive and send texts
(5)Are available all time-points needed for one round of the study.
(6)Have no diagnosed neurological issues
Exclusion Criteria
None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The number of name-face pairs remembered - The name-face task will be used to measure the participants learning on a task that they are exposed to before the training but are not trained on. The task requires participants to learn a list of 20 name-face pairs in 20 minutes. [One week pre-intervention, 24-hours after the second training sessions, and four-weeks following the second training session.];Then number of ideas remembered in a story - The participants will be presented with a short story involving a set amount of major ideas they must learn in 15 minutes.. [24-hours after the second training sessions and four-weeks following the second training session.];The number of places remembered on a map - Participants will be presented with a map with 15 locations and have 10 minutes to study the map before being asked to recall the name and position of the location on a blank map. [24-hours after the second training sessions, and four-weeks following the second training session.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method