NCT02955277

The Effectiveness of TECH: Tablet Enhancement of Cognition and Health

The Effectiveness of TECH: Tablet Enhancement of Cognition and Health, Cognitive Training Using Touchscreen Tablet Gaming Applications, for Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 61 (actual)
• Sponsor: Assuta Hospital Systems · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study assess the effectiveness of novel cognitive intervention utilizing tablet apps (TECH protocol: Tablet Enhancement of Cognition and Health) to improve cognitive abilities, daily function and health-related quality of life of older adults with MCI. Older adults with MCI will be randomly allocated to the TECH protocol (experimental group) or standard care (control group). Assessments will be administered pre and post the 6-week TECH protocol and at 6-month follow-up by assessors blind to group allocation.

Detailed description

A single-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted, by assessors blind to group allocation. Participants will be referred to the study from 'Maccabi Healthcare Services' by family physicians and geriatric physician of 'Maccabi Healthcare Services Central District'. The majority of TECH protocol training will take place in the participants' home as self-practice. The assessment and weekly group meetings will take place at clinics of Maccabi Healthcare Services in the Central District. A Helsinki approval (#2016009) has already been obtained. Participants will receive information regarding the study and if eligible will sign a consent form, undergo the screening and then the pre-intervention assessments. Then they will be randomly allocated into experimental or control group by a computer program (stratification of the severity of the cognitive decline according to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores of above or below 23 points). The experimental group participants will receive the TECH protocol, while participants in the control group will continue to receive standard care. Following the intervention a second assessment will be performed, as well as six-months follow-up assessment.

Conditions

• Mild Cognitive Impairment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	TECH: Tablet Enhancement of Cognition and Health protocol	Cognitive training using touchscreen tablets (TECH protocol)
OTHER	Standard care or active standard care	standard occupational therapy or 6-weekly group sessions playing board games and puzzles.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-04
• Primary completion: 2020-03-20
• Completion: 2020-03-20
• First posted: 2016-11-04
• Last updated: 2024-03-01
• Results posted: 2024-03-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel