French Memory Support System: A Pilot Study / Un Systeme de Support de Memoire en Francais: Une Etude de Faisabilite
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Sponsor
- Bruyere Research Institute
- Enrollment
- 10
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Adherence to French Memory Support System Intervention
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to develop a linguistically and culturally appropriate adaptation of the Memory Support System (MSS), an evidence-based intervention to train persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to complete personal goals and instrumental activities of daily living independently. The study will involve development of the associated manual, training and patient forms, and outcome measures, and pilot testing of the intervention in a group of French-speaking individuals with MCI and their care partners
Detailed Description
At enrollment, participants with MCI and their care partners will complete French measures evaluating cognitive and functional status. Participants and partners will also complete French measures of treatment adherence, instrumental activities of daily living, self-efficacy for memory, quality of life, mood, anxiety, and caregiver burden at baseline, treatment end, and 8-week follow-up. Participants will complete the MSS training consisting of ten 1-hour sessions delivered over two or six weeks, starting 7-10 days after initial assessment.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •diagnosis of single or multi-domain MCI
- •Clinical Dementia Rating global (CDR) score of ≤ 0.5
- •Dementia Rating Scale-Second edition score of ≥ 115
- •available contact with a care partner ≥ 2 times weekly
- •absence or stable intake of nootropic(s) for ≥ 3 months
Exclusion Criteria
- •visual/hearing impairment and/or history of reading or written inability/disability sufficient to interfere with MSS training
- •concurrent participation in another related clinical trial
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Adherence to French Memory Support System Intervention
Time Frame: One week after starting the treatment (MSS intervention), treatment end, and at 8 week follow-up after treatment end.
Change from adherence scores from one week after starting treatment (MSS intervention) at treatment end and at 8 weeks after the treatment end. Using an adherence scale from 0 to 10, with 10 being highest and a cut-off score of ≥ 7 points suggesting adherence with the MSS.
Secondary Outcomes
- Everyday Cognition questionnaire.(Baseline and at 8 week follow-up.)
- Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale(Baseline, treatment end and at 8 week follow-up.)
- Functional Assessment Questionnaire(Baseline and at 8 week follow-up.)
- Quality of Life in Alzheimer Disease(Baseline and at 8 week follow-up.)
- State-Trait Anxiety Inventory by the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health project(Baseline and at 8 week follow-up.)
- Chronic Disease Self-efficacy Scale(Baseline and at 8 week follow-up.)
- Caregiver Burden Inventory Short-Form(Baseline and at 8 week follow-up.)