Social and Cognitive Online Training: the SCOT Project

Università degli Studi di Trento

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Aging; Cognitive Decline

Treatments: Behavioral: SCOT; Behavioral: CON

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05023187

Protocol 2020-036

Details and patient eligibility

About

Social isolation and reduced involvement in cognitive activities are associated with repercussions on cognitive well-being and health status in elderly adults. In particular, loneliness and social isolation represent risk factors in favouring cognitive decline and dementia. The Social Cognition Online Training (SCOT) project aims to evaluate the beneficial effects of an online intervention on social-cognitive functioning in healthy elderly subjects.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cognitively healthy subjects aged above 65 years old
• Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) equivalent score > 1 (Italian normative values)

Exclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of dementia, based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, FifthEdition (DSM-V)
• History of current or previous neuropsychiatric disorders;
• History of current or previous substance abuse;

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Social and Cognitive Online Training Group (SCOT)

Experimental group

Description:

A group of participants randomly assigned to a social-cognitive online training through individual cognitive training sessions and group sessions to improve social functioning.

Treatment:

Behavioral: SCOT

Control Group (CON)

Active Comparator group

Description:

A group of participants randomly assigned to receive an active control intervention to compare performances with the experimental group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: CON