NCT03549078

A Multidimensional Behavioral Intervention for Those at Risk for Alzheimer's Dementia

A Randomized Evaluation of a Multidimensional Behavioral Intervention for Those at Risk for Alzheimer's Dementia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 69 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Davis · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This intervention is designed to promote enhanced use of compensation strategies including calendar and task list use, and organization systems, as well as increased engagement with brain health activities including physical exercise, cognitive activities, and stress reduction.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility and efficacy of a 10-week multi-dimensional intervention for older adults with subjective cognitive concerns (SCC). The goal of this intervention is to enhance compensation skills related to everyday executive and everyday memory functions through training in the systematic use of a calendar system, goal setting and task list system, and organizational strategies within the context of the individual's daily life. This multidimensional intervention program also targets engagement in healthy lifestyle activities (physical exercise, intellectual stimulation, positive emotional functioning) to further promote brain health and functional resilience. Importantly, both treatment components work synergistically as the use of compensation strategies assists in building healthy activities into daily routines (e.g., scheduling exercise into one's calendar and putting it on a task list).

Conditions

• Functional Aging
• Subjective Cognitive Concerns
• Compensation Strategies
• Brain Health Activities

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Intervention	Subjects will attend a series of 2 hour classes, once a week for 10 weeks. Topics discussed in group sessions will cover compensation strategies (e.g., calendar, goal setting and task lists, functional zones) and brain health behaviors (e.g., exercise, cognitive activity, stress reduction and mindfulness). Subjects may be asked to wear an actigraphy monitor (that looks like a wrist watch) and/or heart rate sensor that is designed to collect information regarding physical activity.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-01
• Primary completion: 2019-08-14
• Completion: 2019-08-14
• First posted: 2018-06-07
• Last updated: 2020-06-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States