Robot-Assisted Cognitive Training for Socially Isolated Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 进行中（未招募）
- 入组人数
- 50
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Non-Verbal Reasoning Test
研究概览
简要总结
This study will use a socially assistive robot to deliver cognitive training in the form of a music (piano) learning intervention to socially isolated older adults with mild cognitive impairment.
详细描述
Cognitive training has been shown in past research to improve cognitive function in older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment. Music learning has been previously shown to be a particularly effective form of cognitive training: in addition to the cognitive demands of learning notation, hand positioning, coordination and timing, those who engage in music learning also benefit from emotional connection to the music and social engagement with a music teacher.
Not all older adults are able to access music lessons. Older adults who are homebound, live in rural areas and do not have access to reliable transportation (or a monthly income with sufficient funds for recurring payments for lessons) are unlikely to be able to access these benefits. Socially assistive robots that can deliver both education and companionship on an ongoing basis within the home environment may be a viable solution to these limitations.
The purpose of this study is to deliver cognitive training in the form of a music (piano) learning intervention to older adults who are socially isolated, and who may be able to benefit from the cognitive training aspects of the intervention. A socially assistive robot will deliver the intervention.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 —（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Be able to speak, read and write in English with a high degree of fluency
- •Cumulative music learning experience < 3 years
- •Able to sit upright for two hours at a time
- •Able to see images on a screen at a distance of approximately 20 inches
- •Must have independent transportation to and from the Institute of Gerontology, weekly, for 27 weeks
- •No hearing impairment beyond what is correctable via hearing aid
- •Must have a safe location in the home to store and use an 88-key keyboard + stand and piano bench
- •No more than mildly cognitively impaired: global deterioration scale no higher than 2-3; Clinical Dementia Rating Scale no higher than 0.5 (sum of boxes)
- •Must have a close companion, family member or loved one who can attend the first and last visit
- •Must be capable of providing informed consent (based on responses to questions on study purpose, tasks, benefits, incentives and risks).
- •Must have a computer or tablet that is connected to broadband internet, to be used three times over the course of the study
- •Must have access to an e-mail account that can be checked three times during the study
- •Exclusion criteria:
- •No previous diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or related dementias
- •No condition that limits movement of the hands or fingers
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Non-Verbal Reasoning Test
时间窗: 6-months
correct responses - commission errors; higher score is better
Symbol Digit Coding Test
时间窗: 6-months
SDC Correct Responses \>= 20 AND Correct Responses \> Errors
Verbal Memory Test
时间窗: 6-months
Correct hits + Correct passes + Correct hits after 30-minute delay + Correct passes after 30-minute delay; higher score is better; items remembered from a word list that also contains distractors
Visual Memory Test
时间窗: 6-months
Correct hits + Correct passes + Correct hits after 30-minute delay + Correct passes after 30-minute delay; higher score is better; images remembered from an image list that also contains distractors
Shifting Attention Test
时间窗: 6-months
correct responses - errors; higher is better
Stroop Test
时间窗: 6-months
\[Simple RT \< (Complex RT Correct \*0.1)+Complex RT Correct\] AND \[Complex RT Correct \< ( Stroop RT Correct \*0.1)+Stroop RT Correct\] AND (Complex Correct \> Complex Errors) AND (Stroop Correct \> Stroop Errors)
Continuous Performance Test
时间窗: 6-months
CPT Correct Responses \>= 30 AND CPT Correct Responses \> CPT Commission Errors
次要结局
- DeJong Loneliness Scale(6-months)
- NASA TLX(6-months)
- Technology Acceptance - TAM3(6-months)
研究者
Jenay M. Beer
Assistant Professor
University of Georgia