Computer-Based Cognitive Training and Sleep Quality in Older Adult Insomniacs

The Max Stern Academic College Of Emek Yezreel

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Insomnia

Treatments: Device: CogniFit Personal Coach®

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00901641

emek123-08

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of computerized, home-based cognitive training on sleep quality of older adults with insomnia.

Full description

Participants in the cognitive training group train in a computer-based cognitive training program over a period of 12 weeks. An active control group train in a program involving tasks that do not engage high-level cognitive functioning over the same period.

Enrollment: 51 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of chronic insomnia
• able to use a home personal computer
• have healthy dominant hand functioning
• Hebrew speakers

Exclusion criteria

• have any significant visual or hearing impairment
• have any significant medical, neurological or psychiatric illness that might bring about cognitive change
• have sleep disorders other than insomnia
• have any significant medical disease (including cancer, diabetes, liver, kidney, heart or lung disease)
• alcoholism or other drug abuse
• taking any medication known to affect central nervous system functioning other than sleeping pills
• historical evidence suggesting significant psychiatric conditions such as depression, psychosis or neurologic disease

Trial design

51 participants in 1 patient group

cognitive training

Experimental group

Description:

CogniFit Personal Coach® computer cognitive training program. The program provides individually tailored cognitive training based on the results of a baseline evaluation (the Neuropsychological Examination - CogniFit Personal Coach®). The program assigns scores to 17 cognitive abilities that are subsequently trained by means of 21 different tasks.

Treatment:

Device: CogniFit Personal Coach®