NCT06145737

HOme-Based Self-management and COgnitive Training CHanges Lives (HOBSCOTCH) - Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 11 (actual)
• Sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility of adapting and delivering the existing home-based epilepsy self-management intervention, HOBSCOTCH, for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Can the current HOBSCOTCH program be adapted for people with MS? 2. Will people with MS experience improved quality of life similar to that found in people with epilepsy after participating in the HOBSCOTCH program? Participants will be asked to: * attend nine, one-hour virtual (online and/or by telephone) HOBSCOTCH-MS sessions with a one-on-one certified HOBSCOTCH-MS coach * complete a brief clinical questionnaire about their diagnosis of MS * complete four questionnaires before and after the HOBSCOTCH-MS sessions about their quality of life and about memory and thinking processes * keep a short daily diary about their MS symptoms and use of the self-management strategies taught in the HOBSCOTCH-MS program * complete a brief Satisfaction Survey after the entire HOBSCOTCH-MS program

Conditions

• Multiple Sclerosis
• Cognitive Dysfunction
• Memory Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	HOme-Based Self-management and COgnitive Training CHanges lives (HOBSCOTCH)	One on one virtual self-management program for cognitive dysfunction associated with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). HOBSCOTCH is a home-based self-management program to treat cognitive symptoms and improve quality of life, while minimizing the barriers of access to care. The program is based on Problem Solving Therapy (PST) and teaches problem solving strategies and compensatory mechanisms to help manage cognitive dysfunction and enhance quality of life. HOBSCOTCH-MS is an adaptation of the HOBSCOTCH program for people with MS and incorporates education about multiple sclerosis and cognition into the education module.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-02
• Primary completion: 2025-11-01
• Completion: 2028-01-01
• First posted: 2023-11-24
• Last updated: 2025-11-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States