Nonrandomized Evaluation of a Multidimensional Behavioral Intervention
- Conditions
- Subjective Cognitive Concerns (SCC)
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Intervention
- Registration Number
- NCT03717597
- Lead Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
- Brief Summary
This intervention is designed to promote enhanced use of compensation strategies including calendar and task list use, and organization systems, as well as increased engagement with brain health activities including physical exercise, cognitive activities, and stress reduction.
- Detailed Description
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility and efficacy of a 10-week multi-dimensional intervention for older adults with subjective cognitive concerns (SCC). The goal of this intervention is to enhance compensation skills related to everyday executive and everyday memory functions through training in the systematic use of a calendar system, goal setting and task list system, and organizational strategies within the context of the individual's daily life. This multidimensional intervention program also targets engagement in healthy lifestyle activities (physical exercise, intellectual stimulation, positive emotional functioning) to further promote brain health and functional resilience. Importantly, both treatment components work synergistically as the use of compensation strategies assists in building healthy activities into daily routines (e.g., scheduling exercise into one's calendar and putting it on a task list).
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 15
- a diagnosis of subjective cognitive complaints (SCC)
- Age 65+
- English speaking
- Available informant to complete surveys
- Ambulatory
- Known neurological condition
- Severe psychiatric illness (e.g., current depression)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention Intervention Participants will complete an initial assessment within 2 weeks prior to starting the course or during the first class. The course will include 10 sessions conducted on a weekly basis. Following completion of the course, participants will again complete another assessment during the last class or within 2 weeks of course completion. Participants may be invited to complete assessments at 3- and 6-months following course completion.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in compensation use baseline and 6 months follow up Measured using the Everyday Compensation Questionnaire, a 54-item self-report questionnaire that asks participants how often they engage in a variety of activities that help them stay cognitively and physically active.
Change in cognition baseline and 6 months follow up Measured using the Everyday Cognition (ECog) scale, a self-rated questionnaire of cognitively-based everyday abilities. The ECog comprises of 39 items on which the participant's current level of everyday functioning is compared to 10 years earlier. Items are rated on a four-point scale: 1= better or no change compared to 10 years earlier; 4= consistently much worse. Higher scores indicate greater functional limitations.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Psychomotor Speed Task baseline, immediately after intervention, and 3 and 6 month follow-up visits measures psychomotor function
Beck Depression Inventory baseline, immediately after intervention, and 3 and 6 month follow-up visits Measures depressive symptomatology
List learning task baseline, immediately after intervention, and 3 and 6 month follow-up visits measures learning and memory
GRIT baseline, immediately after intervention, and 3 and 6 month follow-up visits 8-item questionnaire assessing consistency of interest and perseverance of effort on a five-point scale: 1 = not at all like me, 5 = very much like me.
Beck Anxiety Inventory baseline, immediately after intervention, and 3 and 6 month follow-up visits measures anxiety symptomatology
Executive function task baseline, immediately after intervention, and 3 and 6 month follow-up visits measures executive function
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of California Davis
🇺🇸Sacramento, California, United States