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Behavioural Intervention

Memory Supports for Cognitive Impairment

N/A

Recruiting

Led By Michael Scullin, PhD

Research Sponsored by Baylor University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Must not have

At the current time, individuals who do not identify as conversational in English will be excluded from participation.

Uncorrected hearing loss, vision loss, or motor dysfunction significant enough to interfere with training.

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up measured at 6 months

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial aims to test the effectiveness of using smartphone reminder apps to improve memory in individuals with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia. The study will involve 200 participants, half of whom are from digitally-dis

Who is the study for?

This trial is for individuals with Alzheimer's Disease, Cognitive Impairment, or Mild Dementia. It aims to include people from digitally-disadvantaged backgrounds as well. Participants should be able to complete memory assessments and willing to use either a smartphone app or paper-based system.

What is being tested?

The study compares the effectiveness of a smartphone reminder app against a paper-based memory support system in improving prospective memory (remembering future tasks). The trial will involve baseline assessments, a 4-week intervention period with booster sessions, and follow-ups at 3 and 6 months.

What are the potential side effects?

There may not be direct side effects from using digital or paper-based memory aids; however, participants might experience frustration or stress if they find the technology challenging or if it doesn't aid their memory as expected.

Eligibility Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

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I am conversational in English.

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I do not have severe hearing, vision, or motor issues that would stop me from participating in training.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ measured during screening and at 6 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~measured during screening and at 6 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and measured during screening and at 6 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Caregiving-Related Quality of Life

Objective Prospective Memory Performance

Patient-Centered/Patient-Selected Prospective Memory Performance

Secondary study objectives

Calendar Use

Caregiving Cognitive Burden

Coping Self-Efficacy

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Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Smartphone-based appExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants will use Google Calendar, an off-the-shelf app that is free and user-friendly, to provide reminders on their smartphone to perform prospective memory tasks at the appropriate time. In the current study, participants will offload their personal and experimentally assigned tasks into the digital calendar with reminders enabled.

Group II: Paper-based notebookActive Control1 Intervention

Participants will use a Memory Support System, which is an established paper-based calendar and note taking system that can fit into one's pocket. In the current study they will use the system to offload personal and experimentally assigned tasks and notes into the schedule, to-do list, and journal sections of the notebook.

0 / 2Eligibility criteria met