Effectiveness of Alzheimer's Universe (Www.AlzU.Org) on Knowledge and Behavior

Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM)

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Alzheimer Disease; Patient Education as Topic; Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset; Memory Loss

Treatments: Behavioral: Web-based education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03149380

1311014539

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the effectiveness of an online educational course on Alzheimer's disease (AD) prevention, treatment and caregiving.

Full description

Alzheimer's Universe (www.AlzU.org) was created to provide online education about Alzheimer's disease (AD), with a focus on family members of people with AD, people with mild cognitive impairment due to AD and mild AD, caregivers, healthcare providers, medical students, college students and high school students. The website provides evidence-based courses with interactive lessons and activities that have been shown to increase knowledge about AD, willingness to participate in an AD prevention clinical trial, and intent to make specific lifestyle changes in effort to reduce AD risk.

Sex: All

Ages: 14+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• greater than or equal to 14 years old with a friend, family member or acquaintance with Alzheimer's disease or memory loss, OR a person diagnosed with mild memory loss (including mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease or mild Alzheimer's disease), OR an AD caregiver, OR healthcare providers, OR a medical student, college student or high school student.

Exclusion criteria

• < 14 years old, OR diagnosis of moderate or severe Alzheimer's disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will be given access to educational content on AD using interactive learning strategies

Treatment:

Behavioral: Web-based education

Time-neutral control

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Subjects will be given access to time-neutral general educational content on AD

Treatment:

Behavioral: Web-based education