Maintaining Autonomy as we Age: Investigating the Application of a Strategy Training Approach for Ameliorating the Effects of Age-related Executive Dysfunction - Part II
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 19
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Total Number of Goals Improved to Criterion on the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)
研究概览
简要总结
Healthy older adults with self-reported cognitive difficulties who receive strategy training will demonstrate greater performance benefits on measures of real-world activities, relative to those receiving a control intervention, immediately post treatment and at follow-up.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 90 Years(Older Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •All participants must score within 1.5 standard deviation (SD) of age and education-corrected normative data for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment and on a battery of neuropsychological tests of attention, memory and executive function (which will insure that participants are unlikely to meet the criteria for Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)).
- •No clinically relevant depression (scores ≤22) on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)
- •Fluent in written and spoken English
- •Self-reported complains about cognitive function
排除标准
- •Recent bereavement (within last 6 months)
- •History of neurological disease
- •Psychiatric illness requiring hospitalization and/or history or current substance abuse
研究组 & 干预措施
Cognitive Training
干预措施: Real world strategy approach (Behavioral)
Psychosocial Education
干预措施: Psychosocial Education (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Total Number of Goals Improved to Criterion on the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)
时间窗: Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months later
COPM is a standardized semi-structure interview in which participants identify goals related to everyday life activities. Goals considered improved to criterion are those that had 2 or more points increase on COPM ratings.
次要结局
- General Self Efficacy Scale (GSE)(Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months later)
- Stanford Patient Education Research Center- General Health Subscale(Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months later)
- Stanford Patient Education Research Center- Health Distress Subscale(Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months later)
- Stanford Patient Education Research Center- Physical Activity Subscale(Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months later)
- Stanford Patient Education Research Center- Communication With Physicians Subscale(Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months later)
- Stanford Patient Education Research Center- Visits to Physician and Emergency Department in the Past Six Months Subscale(Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months later)
- Delis Kaplan Executive Function System (DKEFS) Tower Test- Mean First-Move Time(Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months later)
- DKEFS Tower Test- Achievement Score(Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months later)
- DKEFS Word Fluency(Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months later)
- DKEFS Trail Making- Condition 4: Number-letter Switching(Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months later)
研究者
Dr. Deirdre Dawson
Senior Scientist
Baycrest
