Social and Cognitive Online Training: the SCOT Project

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Aging; Cognitive Decline
• Interventions: Behavioral: SCOT; Behavioral: CON

• Registration Number: NCT05023187
• Lead Sponsor: Università degli Studi di Trento

Brief Summary

Social isolation and reduced involvement in cognitive activities are associated with repercussions on cognitive well-being and health status in elderly adults. In particular, loneliness and social isolation represent risk factors in favouring cognitive decline and dementia. The Social Cognition Online Training (SCOT) project aims to evaluate the beneficial effects of an online intervention on social-cognitive functioning in healthy elderly subjects.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-01-19
• Status Verified: 2021-04
• Study First Submitted: 2021-06-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-08-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-08-20
• Study First Posted: 2021-08-26
• Last Update Posted: 2021-08-26
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-31
• Study Completion: 2022-02-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Cognitively healthy subjects aged above 65 years old
• Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) equivalent score > 1 (Italian normative values)

Exclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis of dementia, based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, FifthEdition (DSM-V)
• History of current or previous neuropsychiatric disorders;
• History of current or previous substance abuse;

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Social and Cognitive Online Training Group (SCOT)	SCOT	A group of participants randomly assigned to a social-cognitive online training through individual cognitive training sessions and group sessions to improve social functioning.
Control Group (CON)	CON	A group of participants randomly assigned to receive an active control intervention to compare performances with the experimental group.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Tower of London test (Boccia et al. 2017)	Day 0 - Month 3	Accuracy (% of correct answers)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Experimental task of emotion recognition	Day 0 - Month 3	Accuracy (% of correct answers)
Italian Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale	Day 0 - Month 3	Minimum value: 18; Maximum value: 72; Higher scores mean a worse outcome in terms of perceived loneliness.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centro Interdipartimentale Mente/Cervello - CIMeC; 🇮🇹 Rovereto, Trento, Italy