SeniorWISE: Improving Everyday Memory in At-Risk Elderly

Aging Clinical Trial

Official title:

Improving Everyday Memory in At-Risk Elderly

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00094731
• Other study ID #: AG0008
• Secondary ID: R01AG015384
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• First received: October 21, 2004
• Last updated: December 9, 2009
• Start date: March 2001
• Est. completion date: February 2006

Study information

• Verified date: February 2006
• Source: National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether classes on memory training will help older adults to improve or maintain their daily activities.

Description:

Volunteer participants will be randomly assigned to experimental (memory training) and comparison (health promotion) groups. Both groups will learn strategies for successful aging. Participants will be in the study for 27 months and will be interviewed on five occasions for 3 hours per interview. The classroom-based intervention is an 8-session, 1 1/2 hour course designed to teach older adults the use of strategies to improve everyday memory. Strategically-placed booster sessions will be provided to subjects within 3 months following the last class session.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 260
• Est. completion date: February 2006
• Est. primary completion date: February 2006
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Reside in Austin, Texas or Travis County

• African, Caucasian, or Hispanic heritage

• Fluent in reading and speaking English

• Mini Mental Exam scores of 23-30

• Pass executive function test

• Adequate hearing and vision to enable participation in classroom learning

• Free of Alzheimer's disease or other conditions (e.g., certain cancers) likely to result in mortality before study completion

Exclusion Criteria:

• Under 65

• Score less than 23 on MMSE

• Fail the executive function tests

• Severe sensory losses, hearing or vision, that would prohibit testing or participation

• self-report a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or other conditions (e.g., certain cancers) likely to result in mortality before study completion

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Aging

Intervention

Procedure:
• Memory Training

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing	Austin	Texas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (5)

Austin-Wells V, Zimmerman T, McDougall GJ. ANOPTIMAL DELIVERYFORMATFORPRESENTATIONS TARGETINGOLDER ADULTS. Educ Gerontol. 2003;29(6):493-501. — View Citation

McDougall GJ, Montgomery KS, Eddy N, Jackson E, Nelson E, Stark T, Thomsen C. Aging memory self-efficacy: elders share their thoughts and experience. Geriatr Nurs. 2003 May-Jun;24(3):162-8. — View Citation

McDougall GJ. I remember that! Building memory confidence in the elderly. Reflect Nurs Leadersh. 2001;27(1):23-5, 45. — View Citation

McDougall GJ. Memory improvement in octogenarians. Appl Nurs Res. 2002 Feb;15(1):2-10. — View Citation

Zimmerman T, McDougall GJ Jr, Becker H. Older women's cognitive and affective response to moderate drinking. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2004 Nov;19(11):1095-102. — View Citation