Evaluating the Social Functions to Promote the Adherence and Reduce Social Isolation in Home-based Cognitive Training
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 25
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Three-Item Loneliness Scale
研究概览
简要总结
This study will examine whether among older adults social interaction functions in a home-based cognitive training program can better support adherence to training and reduce social isolation.
详细描述
The goal of this project is to conduct a pilot study to test the feasibility of two new features, a chat function and a leaderboard function, to encourage social interactions and support adherence to cognitive training protocols (mental exercises delivered via a tablet) over a period of time (2 months), and uncover individual difference factors that can predict poor adherence in the future and social interactions in the game. Even effective cognitive interventions may fail if individuals do not adhere to them for an extended period. This project will compare cognitive training games with chat function and leaderboard in reducing social isolation and improving adherence to the training, compared to an external control group using a generic reminder system delivered via smartphone text messages to promote adherence. The ultimate goal, as effective technology-based interventions to improve cognition become available, is to help support their benefit for older adults by maximizing long-term adherence.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 90 Years（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •65 years of age or older
- •Normal or corrected to normal visual acuity
- •Must pass a dementia screening.
排除标准
- •Parkinson's, Alzheimer's disease, or any other neurodegenerative disease
- •Terminal illness
- •Severe motor impairment
- •Not living in the Tallahassee area for the entire 6 month study period
研究组 & 干预措施
Cognitive Training with Social Function
To promote adherence and reduce social isolation, participants will be asked to use home-based cognitive training program on a tablet for 30 minutes per day for 5 days a week for 1 month, then use it freely for another month. The cognitive training program has a chat function and a leadership board to allow interaction between participants.
干预措施: Adherence Promotion With Person-centered Technology (APPT) System with Social Functions (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Three-Item Loneliness Scale
时间窗: Assessed at baseline and at the end of the 2-months of training
The Three-Item Loneliness Scale was developed by Hughes et al. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2394670/). The minimum value is 3. The maximum value is 9. Higher scores mean more loneliness.
次要结局
- Adherence (session number)(2 months)
- Adherence (session length)(2 months)
- General Self-Efficacy (predictor of adherence)(Assessed at baseline, predicting adherence variables over 2 months)
- Perceived Training Efficacy (predictor of adherence)(Assessed at baseline)
- Self-Efficacy of Cognitive Training (predictor of adherence and training outcome)(Assessed at baseline and at the end of the 2-months of training)
研究者
Zhe He
Principal Investigator
Florida State University