Sharing History Through Active Reminiscence and Photo-imagery (SHARP) Pilot Program

Cognitive Change Clinical Trial

— SHARP  

Official title:

Oregon Healthy Brain Research Network Collaborative Center (OrHBRN): Sharing History Through Active Reminiscence and Photo-imagery (SHARP) Pilot Program

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05906654
• Other study ID #: 00011936
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Early Phase 1
• Start date: February 5, 2016
• Est. completion date: July 30, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: May 2023
• Source: Oregon Health and Science University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

SHARP is a neighborhood-based and technology-supported approach to brain health for older Black adults that integrates walking and image-prompted social reminiscence to maintain or improve brain health.

Description:

The SHARP study tests the feasibility, usability, and cultural relevance of an android application-supported walking study for brain health among older Black adults. The SHARP walking application enables the seamless integration of the brain-healthy behaviors of walking, social engagement, and reminiscence. Methods: Over the course of 24 weeks in the rapidly gentrifying historically Black neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon, triads aim to complete three 1-mile walks per week. The SHARP application is preprogrammed with 72 themed, 1-mile routes, accessible via a group tablet device. At three points along each route, GPS-triggered "Memory Markers" (historical images of local Black culture) appear on the walking application, serving as prompts for conversational reminiscence as triads walk. Walking reminiscence sessions are recorded for inclusion into a digital oral history archive.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 21
• Est. completion date: July 30, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: April 25, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 55 Years to 99 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Self-identified African American

• > 55 years old

• A long-time resident (>10 cumulative years) of Portland's historically black neighborhoods (currently or in within the last 10 years)

• Without symptoms of and without a diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease (they must be preclinical subjects),

• Without serious cognitive impairment and must score > 24 on the age-education adjusted Mini-Mental State Exam

• Has internet access in the home.

• Able to ambulate independently, without walking aids

• Able to sustain walking at a moderate pace for 45 minutes.

Exclusion Criteria

• Serious or unstable medical condition (such as, but not limited to, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, or severe arthritis) where participation in the trial would, in the opinion of the investigator, pose a significant health risk to the subject.

• Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, Parkinson's disease, or other dementing illness.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cognitive Change

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-imagery (SHARP)
Behavioral intervention to increase physical and social activity. In triads, participants walk 1-mile neighborhood routes three times per week and engage in image-based conversational reminiscence.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Oregon Health and Science University

References & Publications (2)

Carder, P., Croff, R., Tuttle, A., Towns, J. (2022) Walking and Talking: Recommendations for Doing Mobile Interviews with Older Adults. Journal of Aging and Environment, DOI: 10.1080/26892618.2022.2030844

Croff RL, Witter Iv P, Walker ML, Francois E, Quinn C, Riley TC, Sharma NF, Kaye JA. Things Are Changing so Fast: Integrative Technology for Preserving Cognitive Health and Community History. Gerontologist. 2019 Jan 9;59(1):147-157. doi: 10.1093/geront/gn — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Feasibility	Program readiness scale - how close is the program to being ready to deploy to other older Black Americans?	24 weeks