The Effects of Electrical Stimulation on Memory Improvement
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Auditory-verbal memoryHealthy elderly people.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20190526043716N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 42
Inclusion Criteria
A minimum age of 65 years
Being monolingual (Persian language)
Right handed
The lack of cognitive impairment and mental disability
No history of chronic neurological diseases (such as dementia, cerebrovascular problems, Parkinson disease, epilepsy, brain tumors)
No using drugs affecting the central nervous system (such as anti-anxiety drugs, antidepressants, anti epileptics)
Not having surgery history in the head, neck and central nervous system
Having the ability to perform tests
A hearing threshold proportional to age
Exclusion Criteria
Having poor speech ability
The history of psychiatric disorders such as Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder and severe Depression
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The scores of Rey auditory-verbal learning test. Timepoint: Before initiating the sessions of stimulation delivery and after the end. Method of measurement: The Rey auditory-verbal learning test.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method