Promoting In-Home Activities at a Memory & Aging Clinic (Pro-Home MeC)

University of Illinois

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: MCI; Mild Dementia

Treatments: Behavioral: Gentle Moves

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05771064

2022-1412

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the proposed study, "Promoting In-Home Activities at a Memory & Aging Clinic (Pro-Home MeC)", is to assess and improve the feasibility of a physical activity (PA) intervention and the measurement of cognitive outcomes in a memory clinic setting for inactive older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia and to examine how and improve the feasibility and acceptability of the procedures.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 50+
• Fluent in English
• Diagnosed with MCI or mild dementia
• Physically inactive (< 150 min/wk of planned PA)
• Able to sit in a chair independently for 15+ minutes

Exclusion criteria

• Have significant mental or physical disabilities that lead to inability to perform PA safely (e.g., major stroke)
• Severe uncompensated hearing or visual loss
• Having insufficient decisional capacity to consent to participate in research.
• Lack of safety awareness
• Unwilling to be assigned to Pro-Home MeC or control group
• Currently participating in PA intervention research

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Gentle Moves

Experimental group

Description:

Three-month physical activity intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Gentle Moves

Usual Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care provided by neuropsychologist.