NCT02462135

Protocol of Virtual Interactive Memory-Training Program

The Development and Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Virtual Interactive Memory Training Program for Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study sought to investigate the changes in objective memory performance (including immediate recall and delayed recall), subjective memory complaints and degree of depression in older adults with mild cognitive impairment after Virtual interactive memory training (VIMT).

Detailed description

This double-blind randomized controlled study has a 2-arm parallel group design. All subjects will be randomized by the block randomization, into intervention group (Virtual interactive memory training, VIMT), or active control group (Passive information activities, PIA). Training sessions of the VIMT group are 45 minutes/day, 3 days/week, for 12 weeks (36 sessions each). The training of PIA group is the same as VIMT group. We constructed a rigorous VIMT program adhering to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) reporting guidelines. The investigators expect to determine the improvement in memory function and degree of depression of older adults with mild cognitive impairment after using the VIMT.

Conditions

• Mild Cognitive Impairment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Virtual interactive memory training	Training sessions of the VIMT group are divided into initial training and booster training. Each training session is 45 minutes/day, 3 sessions/week, for 12 weeks for both initial training and booster training (36 sessions each). The training content of the four memory training include: (1) spatial encoding memory training task, (2) updating-spatial memory training task, (3) updating-visual memory training task, and (4) rehearsal-visuospatial memory training task.
BEHAVIORAL	Passive information activities	The active control group (Passive information activities) only accepts the initial training phase, which training content of the two types to include: (1) listening to audio books, and (2) reading online newspaper.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-03-01
• Primary completion: 2017-12-01
• Completion: 2017-12-01
• First posted: 2015-06-03
• Last updated: 2017-12-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan