NCT06914947

Brain Health Together: Development and Pilot Test

Brain Health Together: Use of Human-centered Design to Develop and Pilot a Virtual Group Brain Health Program

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objectives of this study were to develop and pilot-test Brain Health Together (BHT), a 12-week, virtual-group program that combines our evidence-based, mind-body, group movement program with brain health education and coaching to reduce dementia risk through targeting modifiable risk factors among older adults with cognitive impairment.

Detailed description

Our study design for developing, pilot-testing, and refining the BHT program was conducted in 2 phases. In Phase 1, the investigators used a human-centered design approach to deeply understand and respond to the needs, challenges, and motivations of potential users when developing the BHT program. In Phase 2, the investigators performed a pilot study to refine BHT program content and assess acceptability and potential feasibility.

Conditions

• Cognitive Impairment
• Subjective Cognitive Decline
• Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Brain Health Together	Each week, the program included a 1-hour group brain health education class, a 1-hour group Moving Together class, and a 30-minute individual brain health coaching session (total: 2.5 hours/week). Before the first session, participants were asked to complete a brief online survey about lifestyle behaviors and medical conditions related to dementia risk. The first 4 brain health education classes focused on general content to introduce and reinforce the concept that healthy lifestyle behaviors and management of chronic medical conditions can improve cognitive function, delay cognitive decline, and potentially prevent dementia. Another goal was to introduce participants to health coaching and to help participants each set specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-limited (SMART) goals to improve brain health. The remaining 8 weeks were adjusted to accommodate participant feedback in the early portion of the pilot study.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-30
• Primary completion: 2022-09-06
• Completion: 2022-10-11
• First posted: 2025-04-07
• Last updated: 2025-04-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States