Clinical trial NCT01236664: An Evaluation of the Memory at Work Program
Official title: An Evaluation of the Memory at Work Program
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cognition - Other
Ageing
Keywords: memory training
mnemonics
cognition
work
Lead sponsor: Baycrest
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Cogniciti Inc.
First posted: 2010-11-09
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 30
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: With the aging of the Canadian population, older workers are accounting for more and more of the working-age population. Despite recent interest in cognitive training, there are currently no validated programs that specifically target individuals in the work force. The investigators will conduct a small-scale randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of the previously developed Memory at Work program. The investigators will recruit 60 individuals and randomly assign them to the active intervention or a control intervention. The investigators will examine outcomes related to knowledge, behavioral change, self-efficacy, objective memory, and workplace productivity. The investigators expect larger improvements on these measures in the active relative to the control group.

Detailed description: This is a pre-test/post-test randomized controlled trial. Participants who meet eligibility criteria will undergo baseline testing that involves completing questionnaires and objective cognitive tests. Participants will then be randomly assigned (by coin toss) to the intervention or control group. After participating in their respective workshops, both groups will undergo immediate post-testing and 1-month follow-up post testing. After the final assessment, the control group will be given the opportunity to participate in the intervention workshop. No further testing of this group will occur, as there will no longer be a comparable control group.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Currently employed
* Between ages 30-65
* Fluent in English language

Exclusion Criteria:

* A severe head injury, epilepsy or other neurological disorder
* Currently unemployed
* Evidence of significant psychiatric disorder/use of psychotropic medications
* Evidence of substance abuse

Primary outcomes:
measure: Memory related knowledge and behaviour
timeFrame: 6 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Improved workplace productivity
timeFrame: 6 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Toronto
country: Canada
facility: Baycrest
state: Ontario
Study officials:
affiliation: Baycrest
name: Angela K. Troyer, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Baycrest
name: Kelly J Murphy, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Troyer AK, Murphy KJ, Anderson ND, Moscovitch M, Craik FI. Changing everyday memory behaviour in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: a randomised controlled trial. Neuropsychol Rehabil. 2008 Jan;18(1):65-88. doi: 10.1080/09602010701409684.
citation: Troyer AK, Hafliger A, Cadieux MJ, Craik FI. Name and face learning in older adults: effects of level of processing, self-generation, and intention to learn. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2006 Mar;61(2):P67-74. doi: 10.1093/geronb/61.2.p67.
citation: Troyer AK, Rich JB. Psychometric properties of a new metamemory questionnaire for older adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2002 Jan;57(1):P19-27. doi: 10.1093/geronb/57.1.p19.
citation: Troyer AK. Improving memory knowledge, satisfaction, and functioning via an education and intervention program for older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition 8, 256-268, 2001.