NCT02955303

The Feasibility of TECH: Tablet Enhancement of Cognition and Health for Healthy Adults

The Feasibility of TECH: Tablet Enhancement of Cognition and Health, Cognitive Training Using Touchscreen Tablet Gaming Applications, for Healthy Older Adults - a Pilot Randomized Control Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: Assuta Hospital Systems · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study assess the feasibility of novel cognitive intervention utilizing tablet apps (TECH protocol: Tablet Enhancement of Cognition and Health) in terms of relevance, adherence, suitable challenges, training time etc. for healthy older adults. Older adults with normal cognition will be randomly allocated to the TECH protocol (experimental group) or the control group (no treatment). Assessments will be administered pre and post the 6-week TECH protocol by assessors blind to group allocation.

Detailed description

A pre-post pilot study will be conducted. 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 receive the TECH protocol, and following the intervention a second assessment will be performed.

Conditions

• Healthy Adults

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	TECH: Tablet Enhancement of Cognition and Health	cognitive training using touchscreen tablet gaming applications

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-11-01
• Primary completion: 2019-06-01
• Completion: 2019-08-01
• First posted: 2016-11-04
• Last updated: 2020-01-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel