Clinical trial NCT00094731: SeniorWISE: Improving Everyday Memory in At-Risk Elderly
Official title: Improving Everyday Memory in At-Risk Elderly
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Aging
Keywords: Aging
Memory
Mental Recall
Mental Processes
Lead sponsor: National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Sponsor class: NIH
First posted: 2004-10-22
Enrollment: 260
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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

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Locations:
city: Austin
country: United States
facility: University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing
state: Texas
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing
name: Graham McDougall, PhD, RN
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
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. doi: 10.1067/mgn.2003.43.
citation: McDougall GJ. Memory improvement in octogenarians. Appl Nurs Res. 2002 Feb;15(1):2-10. doi: 10.1053/apnr.2002.29518.
citation: McDougall GJ. I remember that! Building memory confidence in the elderly. Reflect Nurs Leadersh. 2001;27(1):23-5, 45. No abstract available.
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. doi: 10.1002/gps.1216.
citation: Austin-Wells V, Zimmerman T, McDougall GJ. ANOPTIMAL DELIVERYFORMATFORPRESENTATIONS TARGETINGOLDER ADULTS. Educ Gerontol. 2003;29(6):493-501. doi: 10.1080/713844396.
citation: McDougall GJ, Becker H, Acee TW, Vaughan PW, Delville CL. Symptom management of affective and cognitive disturbance with a group of cancer survivors. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2011 Feb;25(1):24-35. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2010.05.004. Epub 2010 Jul 23.
citation: McDougall GJ Jr, Becker H, Pituch K, Acee TW, Vaughan PW, Delville CL. The SeniorWISE study: improving everyday memory in older adults. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2010 Oct;24(5):291-306. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2009.11.001. Epub 2010 Jan 15.
citation: McDougall GJ Jr, Becker H, Pituch K, Acee TW, Vaughan PW, Delville CL. Differential benefits of memory training for minority older adults in the SeniorWISE study. Gerontologist. 2010 Oct;50(5):632-45. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnq017. Epub 2010 Mar 4.