Cognitive Training RCT for Older Chinese Americans

Duke University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Experience-based Co-design; Cognitive Training; Ethnogeriatrics; mHealth Application; Cognitive Health

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive Training Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05355870

R21AG075228 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Pro00109934

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to develop and pilot test a mHealth intervention for cognitive training that is culturally and linguistically relevant to older Chinese Americans

Full description

This is an NIH Stage 1 pilot randomized controlled trial. The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and obtain preliminary effect sizes on outcomes of a cognitive training intervention. The cognitive training intervention will be app-based and will be co-developed with older Chinese Americans and adult children to ensure it is culturally and linguistically relevant.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• self-identify as Chinese
• are age 60 or older
• are fluent in written and spoken Chinese and/or English
• have the visual capacity to read a smartphone or a tablet screen and have the auditory capacity to understand normal speech
• have no self-reported diagnosis of ADRD or cognitive impairment, and are capable of making an informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals are excluded if they are bed-ridden
• receiving chemotherapy for malignancy
• have other life-threatening illnesses

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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35 participants in 2 patient groups

Cognitive Training

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the experimental arm will be provided a brochure that included information on basic knowledge of ADRD, signs and symptoms related to ADRD, the definition and the potential benefits of cognitively stimulating activities in maintaining cognitive function, and examples of cognitively stimulating activities. Participants in this arm will complete a series of cognitive training exercises on a smartphone/tablet. The anticipated training will last for 12 weeks and involve 3-4 sessions per week (20-30 min/ session).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive Training Intervention

Passive Control

No Intervention group

Description:

A passive control group will be included in this pilot trial. Participants in this passive control arm will be provided a brochure that included information on basic knowledge of ADRD, signs and symptoms related to ADRD, the definition and the potential benefits of cognitively stimulating activities in maintaining cognitive function, and examples of cognitively stimulating activities.