Improving Everyday Memory in At-Risk Elderly
试验速览
- 阶段
- 3 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 260
- 试验地点
- 2
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to determine whether classes on memory training will help older adults to improve or maintain their daily activities.
详细描述
Volunteer participants will be randomly assigned to experimental (memory training) and comparison (health promotion) groups. Both groups will learn strategies for successful aging. Participants will be in the study for 27 months and will be interviewed on five occasions for 3 hours per interview. The classroom-based intervention is an 8-session, 1 1/2 hour course designed to teach older adults the use of strategies to improve everyday memory. Strategically-placed booster sessions will be provided to subjects within 3 months following the last class session.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 —(Older Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Reside in Austin, Texas or Travis County
- •African, Caucasian, or Hispanic heritage
- •Fluent in reading and speaking English
- •Mini Mental Exam scores of 23-30
- •Pass executive function test
- •Adequate hearing and vision to enable participation in classroom learning
- •Free of Alzheimer's disease or other conditions (e.g., certain cancers) likely to result in mortality before study completion
排除标准
- •Score less than 23 on MMSE
- •Fail the executive function tests
- •Severe sensory losses, hearing or vision, that would prohibit testing or participation
- •self-report a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or other conditions (e.g., certain cancers) likely to result in mortality before study completion
