Clinical trial NCT02109419: Feasibility and Validity of A Novel Computer Based Battery of Assessments in the Elderly
Official title: Feasibility and Validity of A Novel Computer Based Battery For Analysis of Cognition, Mood, and Mobility-Independence in the Elderly
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Computerized Assessment Feasibility and Validity
Keywords: computerized assessments
mood
cognition
Lead sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2014-04-09
Enrollment: 57
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Maximum age (years): 85
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Participants will undergo screening to confirm eligibility, completion of initial screening form, and MMSE evaluation. Study subjects were enrolled with MMSE scores between 29-30, inclusive (healthy/control), 25-28, inclusive (mild cognitive impairment), and 10-24 (dementia).

Brief summary: While standard pencil-and-paper test have continued to be useful for the monitoring of cognition, mood, and life space (LS) in the elderly they do have considerable limitations. Use of these pencil-and-paper tests requires that individuals come to the clinic for assessments, which results in significant clinical costs and practical limitations in the conducting of assessments in large numbers of individuals, and provides a time consuming and non-automated means of quantifying and recording changes in brain function. It is increasingly recognized that there is a need to develop valid and reliable computer based assessments to allow for the remote assessment of cognition, mood, and other parameters. Development of computerized based assessments will significantly increase the scale, scope, and speed with which cognition and mood can be measured in the elderly.

Helping Hands Technology LLC (HHT) has developed a number of web based assessments of cognition, mood, and LS. These new computerized assessments will be developed using new technology, and are based on the general principles found in existing pencil-and-paper based assessments of cognition, mood, and LS. In addition, HHT is developing proprietary means of reporting the results of the computerized assessments in an easy to use narrative format. This study will focus on quantifying the feasibility and validity of using HHT computerized assessments.

Detailed description: See Brief Summary Section.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Men and woman between the ages of 60-85, inclusive
* Cognitive function/impairment within appropriate ranges for the study (Mini-Mental State Exam scores of 10-30, inclusive)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unable to complete computerized and standard pencil-and-paper based assessments

Primary outcomes:
measure: Reliability and Validity of HHT's Computerized Assessments as Assessed by Correlation Analysis.
timeFrame: Visit completed over 16 day period
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Baton Rouge
country: United States
facility: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
state: Louisiana
Study officials:
affiliation: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
name: Corby K Martin, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Brouillette RM, Foil H, Fontenot S, Correro A, Allen R, Martin CK, Bruce-Keller AJ, Keller JN. Feasibility, reliability, and validity of a smartphone based application for the assessment of cognitive function in the elderly. PLoS One. 2013 Jun 11;8(6):e65925. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065925. Print 2013.
citation: Maerlender A, Flashman L, Kessler A, Kumbhani S, Greenwald R, Tosteson T, McAllister T. Examination of the construct validity of ImPACT computerized test, traditional, and experimental neuropsychological measures. Clin Neuropsychol. 2010 Nov;24(8):1309-25. doi: 10.1080/13854046.2010.516072. Epub 2010 Oct 4.