Trial Outcomes & Findings for Maintaining Autonomy as we Age. Strategy Training for Age-related Executive Dysfunction. (NCT NCT01163279)
NCT ID: NCT01163279
Last Updated: 2017-12-18
Results Overview
COPM is a standardized semi-structure interview in which participants identify goals related to everyday life activities. Goals considered improved to criterion are those that had 2 or more points increase on COPM ratings.
COMPLETED
NA
19 participants
Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months later
2017-12-18
Participant Flow
Participants were recruited from a research subject pool and a community psycho-education program at Baycrest.
A total of 96 participants were assessed for study eligibility. 60 participants were excluded after a phone screening interview and 17 were excluded after a more detailed baseline assessment which included cognitive paper and pencil tasks. The remaining 19 participants were randomized to either the experimental arm or the control arm.
Participant milestones
| Measure |
Cogntive Training
Real world strategy approach: The key features of the protocol are: i. Participants are actively engaged in selecting their treatment goals. The research clinician will work with the participants to identify five specific, measurable real-world goals using a standardized semi-structured interview, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. Three of these will be training goals, two will not be trained but evaluated post-intervention for evidence of generalization and transfer to non-trained tasks; ii. A global problem solving approach is used (Goal- Plan- Do- Check). Participants are guided by the trainer to apply this strategy to their goals.
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Psychosocial Education
The active comparator was an information-based format and is designed to engage participants without providing any specific training techniques or strategies. During weekly sessions, participants received factual information on brain structure and function, age-related cognitive changes, and general brain health issues and spent time doing non-specific cognitive exercises including crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Homework consisted of reading assignments related to the session topics.
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Overall Study
STARTED
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10
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9
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Overall Study
COMPLETED
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8
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9
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Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
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2
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0
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Reasons for withdrawal
| Measure |
Cogntive Training
Real world strategy approach: The key features of the protocol are: i. Participants are actively engaged in selecting their treatment goals. The research clinician will work with the participants to identify five specific, measurable real-world goals using a standardized semi-structured interview, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. Three of these will be training goals, two will not be trained but evaluated post-intervention for evidence of generalization and transfer to non-trained tasks; ii. A global problem solving approach is used (Goal- Plan- Do- Check). Participants are guided by the trainer to apply this strategy to their goals.
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Psychosocial Education
The active comparator was an information-based format and is designed to engage participants without providing any specific training techniques or strategies. During weekly sessions, participants received factual information on brain structure and function, age-related cognitive changes, and general brain health issues and spent time doing non-specific cognitive exercises including crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Homework consisted of reading assignments related to the session topics.
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Overall Study
Withdrawal by Subject
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2
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0
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Baseline Characteristics
Maintaining Autonomy as we Age. Strategy Training for Age-related Executive Dysfunction.
Baseline characteristics by cohort
| Measure |
Cognitive Training
n=10 Participants
Real world strategy approach: The key features of the protocol are: i. Participants are actively engaged in selecting their treatment goals. The research clinician will work with the participants to identify five specific, measurable real-world goals using a standardized semi-structured interview, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. Three of these will be training goals, two will not be trained but evaluated post-intervention for evidence of generalization and transfer to non-trained tasks; ii. A global problem solving approach is used (Goal- Plan- Do- Check). Participants are guided by the trainer to apply this strategy to their goals.
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Psychosocial Education
n=9 Participants
The active comparator uses an information-based format and is designed to engage participants without providing any specific training techniques or strategies. During weekly sessions, participants will receive factual information on brain structure and function, age-related cognitive changes, and general brain health issues and will spend time doing non-specific cognitive exercises including crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Homework will consist of reading assignments related to the session topics.
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Total
n=19 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
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Age, Categorical
<=18 years
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0 Participants
n=5 Participants
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0 Participants
n=7 Participants
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0 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
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0 Participants
n=5 Participants
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0 Participants
n=7 Participants
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0 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Age, Categorical
>=65 years
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10 Participants
n=5 Participants
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9 Participants
n=7 Participants
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19 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Age, Continuous
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74.10 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.77 • n=5 Participants
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73.67 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.43 • n=7 Participants
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73.94 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.18 • n=5 Participants
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Sex: Female, Male
Female
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9 Participants
n=5 Participants
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7 Participants
n=7 Participants
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16 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Sex: Female, Male
Male
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1 Participants
n=5 Participants
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2 Participants
n=7 Participants
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3 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Region of Enrollment
Canada
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10 participants
n=5 Participants
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9 participants
n=7 Participants
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19 participants
n=5 Participants
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PRIMARY outcome
Timeframe: Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months laterPopulation: Intention to treat analysis was done therefore, the analysis population includes all participants who were randomized (n=19).
COPM is a standardized semi-structure interview in which participants identify goals related to everyday life activities. Goals considered improved to criterion are those that had 2 or more points increase on COPM ratings.
Outcome measures
| Measure |
Cognitive Training
n=52 Total number of goals
Real world strategy approach: The key features of the protocol are: i. Participants are actively engaged in selecting their treatment goals. The research clinician will work with the participants to identify five specific, measurable real-world goals using a standardized semi-structured interview, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. Three of these will be training goals, two will not be trained but evaluated post-intervention for evidence of generalization and transfer to non-trained tasks; ii. A global problem solving approach is used (Goal- Plan- Do- Check). Participants are guided by the trainer to apply this strategy to their goals.
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Psychosocial Education
n=46 Total number of goals
The active comparator uses an information-based format and is designed to engage participants without providing any specific training techniques or strategies. During weekly sessions, participants will receive factual information on brain structure and function, age-related cognitive changes, and general brain health issues and will spend time doing non-specific cognitive exercises including crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Homework will consist of reading assignments related to the session topics.
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Total Number of Goals Improved to Criterion on the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)
post intervention performance
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50 percentage of untrained goals improved
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19.6 percentage of untrained goals improved
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Total Number of Goals Improved to Criterion on the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)
post intervention satisfaction
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50 percentage of untrained goals improved
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32.6 percentage of untrained goals improved
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Total Number of Goals Improved to Criterion on the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)
3-month follow up performance
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36.4 percentage of untrained goals improved
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26.1 percentage of untrained goals improved
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Total Number of Goals Improved to Criterion on the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)
3-month follow up satisfaction
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45.5 percentage of untrained goals improved
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28.3 percentage of untrained goals improved
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SECONDARY outcome
Timeframe: Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months laterPopulation: Intention to treat analysis was done therefore, the analysis population includes all participants who were randomized (n=19).
GSE is a self efficacy scale with a minimum score of 10 and a maximum score of 40. Higher scores indicate higher self efficacy
Outcome measures
| Measure |
Cognitive Training
n=10 Participants
Real world strategy approach: The key features of the protocol are: i. Participants are actively engaged in selecting their treatment goals. The research clinician will work with the participants to identify five specific, measurable real-world goals using a standardized semi-structured interview, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. Three of these will be training goals, two will not be trained but evaluated post-intervention for evidence of generalization and transfer to non-trained tasks; ii. A global problem solving approach is used (Goal- Plan- Do- Check). Participants are guided by the trainer to apply this strategy to their goals.
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Psychosocial Education
n=9 Participants
The active comparator uses an information-based format and is designed to engage participants without providing any specific training techniques or strategies. During weekly sessions, participants will receive factual information on brain structure and function, age-related cognitive changes, and general brain health issues and will spend time doing non-specific cognitive exercises including crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Homework will consist of reading assignments related to the session topics.
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General Self Efficacy Scale (GSE)
Baseline
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29.10 Scores on scale
Standard Deviation 3.41
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32.56 Scores on scale
Standard Deviation 3.40
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General Self Efficacy Scale (GSE)
Immediately post intervention (2 months)
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30.90 Scores on scale
Standard Deviation 3.98
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33.56 Scores on scale
Standard Deviation 4.28
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General Self Efficacy Scale (GSE)
3 months post intervention
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30.50 Scores on scale
Standard Deviation 4.12
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33.56 Scores on scale
Standard Deviation 3.43
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SECONDARY outcome
Timeframe: Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months laterPopulation: Intention to treat analysis was done therefore, the analysis population includes all participants who were randomized (n=19).
Stanford Patient Education Research Center has different measures of health related behaviors. General Health is one of the subscales. scores range 1-5 and higher score indicate better general health
Outcome measures
| Measure |
Cognitive Training
n=10 Participants
Real world strategy approach: The key features of the protocol are: i. Participants are actively engaged in selecting their treatment goals. The research clinician will work with the participants to identify five specific, measurable real-world goals using a standardized semi-structured interview, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. Three of these will be training goals, two will not be trained but evaluated post-intervention for evidence of generalization and transfer to non-trained tasks; ii. A global problem solving approach is used (Goal- Plan- Do- Check). Participants are guided by the trainer to apply this strategy to their goals.
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Psychosocial Education
n=9 Participants
The active comparator uses an information-based format and is designed to engage participants without providing any specific training techniques or strategies. During weekly sessions, participants will receive factual information on brain structure and function, age-related cognitive changes, and general brain health issues and will spend time doing non-specific cognitive exercises including crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Homework will consist of reading assignments related to the session topics.
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Stanford Patient Education Research Center- General Health Subscale
Baseline
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2.20 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 0.63
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1.89 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 0.78
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Stanford Patient Education Research Center- General Health Subscale
Immediately post intervention (2 months)
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2.20 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 0.42
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1.78 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 0.83
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Stanford Patient Education Research Center- General Health Subscale
3 months post intervention
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2.20 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 0.92
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2.00 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 0.87
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SECONDARY outcome
Timeframe: Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months laterPopulation: Intention to treat analysis was done therefore, the analysis population includes all participants who were randomized (n=19).
Stanford Patient Education Research Center has different measures of health related behaviors. Health distress is one of the subscales. Scores range 0-20 and higher score indicates more distress.
Outcome measures
| Measure |
Cognitive Training
n=10 Participants
Real world strategy approach: The key features of the protocol are: i. Participants are actively engaged in selecting their treatment goals. The research clinician will work with the participants to identify five specific, measurable real-world goals using a standardized semi-structured interview, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. Three of these will be training goals, two will not be trained but evaluated post-intervention for evidence of generalization and transfer to non-trained tasks; ii. A global problem solving approach is used (Goal- Plan- Do- Check). Participants are guided by the trainer to apply this strategy to their goals.
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Psychosocial Education
n=9 Participants
The active comparator uses an information-based format and is designed to engage participants without providing any specific training techniques or strategies. During weekly sessions, participants will receive factual information on brain structure and function, age-related cognitive changes, and general brain health issues and will spend time doing non-specific cognitive exercises including crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Homework will consist of reading assignments related to the session topics.
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Stanford Patient Education Research Center- Health Distress Subscale
Baseline
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2.70 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 2.21
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4.22 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 2.77
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Stanford Patient Education Research Center- Health Distress Subscale
Immediately post intervention (2 months)
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3.80 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 3.46
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3.67 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 4.21
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Stanford Patient Education Research Center- Health Distress Subscale
3 months post intervention
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3.70 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 3.37
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4.11 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 2.03
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SECONDARY outcome
Timeframe: Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months laterPopulation: Intention to treat analysis was done therefore, the analysis population includes all participants who were randomized (n=19).
Stanford Patient Education Research Center has different measures of health related behaviors. Physical activity is one of the subscales. Scores indicate number of hours of physical activity per week
Outcome measures
| Measure |
Cognitive Training
n=10 Participants
Real world strategy approach: The key features of the protocol are: i. Participants are actively engaged in selecting their treatment goals. The research clinician will work with the participants to identify five specific, measurable real-world goals using a standardized semi-structured interview, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. Three of these will be training goals, two will not be trained but evaluated post-intervention for evidence of generalization and transfer to non-trained tasks; ii. A global problem solving approach is used (Goal- Plan- Do- Check). Participants are guided by the trainer to apply this strategy to their goals.
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Psychosocial Education
n=9 Participants
The active comparator uses an information-based format and is designed to engage participants without providing any specific training techniques or strategies. During weekly sessions, participants will receive factual information on brain structure and function, age-related cognitive changes, and general brain health issues and will spend time doing non-specific cognitive exercises including crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Homework will consist of reading assignments related to the session topics.
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Stanford Patient Education Research Center- Physical Activity Subscale
Baseline
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4.08 hours of physical activity/week
Standard Deviation 2.22
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5.31 hours of physical activity/week
Standard Deviation 1.47
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Stanford Patient Education Research Center- Physical Activity Subscale
Immediately post intervention (2 months)
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4.45 hours of physical activity/week
Standard Deviation 2.53
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3.64 hours of physical activity/week
Standard Deviation 1.35
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Stanford Patient Education Research Center- Physical Activity Subscale
3 months post intervention
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4.15 hours of physical activity/week
Standard Deviation 1.83
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3.19 hours of physical activity/week
Standard Deviation 1.56
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SECONDARY outcome
Timeframe: Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months laterPopulation: Intention to treat analysis was done therefore, the analysis population includes all participants who were randomized (n=19).
Stanford Patient Education Research Center has different measures of health related behaviors. communication with physicians is one of the subscales. Scores range 1-15 and higher score indicates more preparation for visits and greater ability to ask questions
Outcome measures
| Measure |
Cognitive Training
n=10 Participants
Real world strategy approach: The key features of the protocol are: i. Participants are actively engaged in selecting their treatment goals. The research clinician will work with the participants to identify five specific, measurable real-world goals using a standardized semi-structured interview, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. Three of these will be training goals, two will not be trained but evaluated post-intervention for evidence of generalization and transfer to non-trained tasks; ii. A global problem solving approach is used (Goal- Plan- Do- Check). Participants are guided by the trainer to apply this strategy to their goals.
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Psychosocial Education
n=9 Participants
The active comparator uses an information-based format and is designed to engage participants without providing any specific training techniques or strategies. During weekly sessions, participants will receive factual information on brain structure and function, age-related cognitive changes, and general brain health issues and will spend time doing non-specific cognitive exercises including crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Homework will consist of reading assignments related to the session topics.
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Stanford Patient Education Research Center- Communication With Physicians Subscale
Baseline
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8.40 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 3.84
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11.00 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 3.04
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Stanford Patient Education Research Center- Communication With Physicians Subscale
Immediately post intervention (2 months)
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9.50 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 4.17
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9.11 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 3.33
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Stanford Patient Education Research Center- Communication With Physicians Subscale
3 months post intervention
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10.00 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 3.80
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8.89 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 4.17
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SECONDARY outcome
Timeframe: Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months laterPopulation: Intention to treat analysis was done therefore, the analysis population includes all participants who were randomized (n=19).
Stanford Patient Education Research Center has different measures of health related behaviors. Visits to physician and emergency department in the past six months subscale is one of the subscales.
Outcome measures
| Measure |
Cognitive Training
n=10 Participants
Real world strategy approach: The key features of the protocol are: i. Participants are actively engaged in selecting their treatment goals. The research clinician will work with the participants to identify five specific, measurable real-world goals using a standardized semi-structured interview, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. Three of these will be training goals, two will not be trained but evaluated post-intervention for evidence of generalization and transfer to non-trained tasks; ii. A global problem solving approach is used (Goal- Plan- Do- Check). Participants are guided by the trainer to apply this strategy to their goals.
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Psychosocial Education
n=9 Participants
The active comparator uses an information-based format and is designed to engage participants without providing any specific training techniques or strategies. During weekly sessions, participants will receive factual information on brain structure and function, age-related cognitive changes, and general brain health issues and will spend time doing non-specific cognitive exercises including crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Homework will consist of reading assignments related to the session topics.
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Stanford Patient Education Research Center- Visits to Physician and Emergency Department in the Past Six Months Subscale
Baseline
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2.30 number of visits
Standard Deviation 0.95
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2.78 number of visits
Standard Deviation 3.07
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Stanford Patient Education Research Center- Visits to Physician and Emergency Department in the Past Six Months Subscale
Immediately post intervention (2 months)
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1.50 number of visits
Standard Deviation 0.97
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3.33 number of visits
Standard Deviation 4.00
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Stanford Patient Education Research Center- Visits to Physician and Emergency Department in the Past Six Months Subscale
3 months post intervention
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2.00 number of visits
Standard Deviation 1.24
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2.33 number of visits
Standard Deviation 2.74
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SECONDARY outcome
Timeframe: Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months laterPopulation: Intention to treat analysis was done therefore, the analysis population includes all participants who were randomized (n=19).
This is a measure of executive function. The score reflects the average of the participant's first-move times, i.e. the time a participant took to make the first move
Outcome measures
| Measure |
Cognitive Training
n=10 Participants
Real world strategy approach: The key features of the protocol are: i. Participants are actively engaged in selecting their treatment goals. The research clinician will work with the participants to identify five specific, measurable real-world goals using a standardized semi-structured interview, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. Three of these will be training goals, two will not be trained but evaluated post-intervention for evidence of generalization and transfer to non-trained tasks; ii. A global problem solving approach is used (Goal- Plan- Do- Check). Participants are guided by the trainer to apply this strategy to their goals.
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Psychosocial Education
n=9 Participants
The active comparator uses an information-based format and is designed to engage participants without providing any specific training techniques or strategies. During weekly sessions, participants will receive factual information on brain structure and function, age-related cognitive changes, and general brain health issues and will spend time doing non-specific cognitive exercises including crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Homework will consist of reading assignments related to the session topics.
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Delis Kaplan Executive Function System (DKEFS) Tower Test- Mean First-Move Time
Baseline
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5.48 Time in seconds
Standard Deviation 3.72
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6.13 Time in seconds
Standard Deviation 5.83
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Delis Kaplan Executive Function System (DKEFS) Tower Test- Mean First-Move Time
Immediately post intervention (2 months)
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3.00 Time in seconds
Standard Deviation 1.72
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3.69 Time in seconds
Standard Deviation 2.89
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Delis Kaplan Executive Function System (DKEFS) Tower Test- Mean First-Move Time
3 months post intervention
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2.47 Time in seconds
Standard Deviation 1.78
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1.72 Time in seconds
Standard Deviation 0.71
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SECONDARY outcome
Timeframe: Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months laterPopulation: Intention to treat analysis was done therefore, the analysis population includes all participants who were randomized (n=19).
This is a measure of executive function. Total achievement scores indicate the highest score participants scored on the test. The lowest score possible is 0 and the highest score possible is 30. Higher scores indicate better performance.
Outcome measures
| Measure |
Cognitive Training
n=10 Participants
Real world strategy approach: The key features of the protocol are: i. Participants are actively engaged in selecting their treatment goals. The research clinician will work with the participants to identify five specific, measurable real-world goals using a standardized semi-structured interview, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. Three of these will be training goals, two will not be trained but evaluated post-intervention for evidence of generalization and transfer to non-trained tasks; ii. A global problem solving approach is used (Goal- Plan- Do- Check). Participants are guided by the trainer to apply this strategy to their goals.
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Psychosocial Education
n=9 Participants
The active comparator uses an information-based format and is designed to engage participants without providing any specific training techniques or strategies. During weekly sessions, participants will receive factual information on brain structure and function, age-related cognitive changes, and general brain health issues and will spend time doing non-specific cognitive exercises including crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Homework will consist of reading assignments related to the session topics.
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DKEFS Tower Test- Achievement Score
Baseline
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17.10 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 3.57
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15.78 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 4.09
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DKEFS Tower Test- Achievement Score
Immediately post intervention (2 months)
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18.30 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 3.59
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19.44 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 4.07
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DKEFS Tower Test- Achievement Score
3 months post intervention
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20.90 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 4.31
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18.89 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 3.30
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SECONDARY outcome
Timeframe: Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months laterPopulation: Intention to treat analysis was done therefore, the analysis population includes all participants who were randomized (n=19).
This is a measure of executive function where participants are given a letter and asked to generate as many words as they can think of within 60 seconds
Outcome measures
| Measure |
Cognitive Training
n=10 Participants
Real world strategy approach: The key features of the protocol are: i. Participants are actively engaged in selecting their treatment goals. The research clinician will work with the participants to identify five specific, measurable real-world goals using a standardized semi-structured interview, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. Three of these will be training goals, two will not be trained but evaluated post-intervention for evidence of generalization and transfer to non-trained tasks; ii. A global problem solving approach is used (Goal- Plan- Do- Check). Participants are guided by the trainer to apply this strategy to their goals.
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Psychosocial Education
n=9 Participants
The active comparator uses an information-based format and is designed to engage participants without providing any specific training techniques or strategies. During weekly sessions, participants will receive factual information on brain structure and function, age-related cognitive changes, and general brain health issues and will spend time doing non-specific cognitive exercises including crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Homework will consist of reading assignments related to the session topics.
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DKEFS Word Fluency
Baseline
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55.30 Number of words generated
Standard Deviation 15.25
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48.56 Number of words generated
Standard Deviation 11.74
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DKEFS Word Fluency
Immediately post intervention (2 months)
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56.40 Number of words generated
Standard Deviation 18.38
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50.33 Number of words generated
Standard Deviation 9.12
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DKEFS Word Fluency
3 months post intervention
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57.40 Number of words generated
Standard Deviation 16.34
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50.11 Number of words generated
Standard Deviation 13.05
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SECONDARY outcome
Timeframe: Baseline, Immediately post intervention (2 months) and 3 months laterPopulation: Intention to treat analysis was done therefore, the analysis population includes all participants who were randomized (n=19).
DKEFS trail making condition 4 is a measure of executive function that requires the participant to switch back and forth between connecting numbers and letters in a sequence
Outcome measures
| Measure |
Cognitive Training
n=10 Participants
Real world strategy approach: The key features of the protocol are: i. Participants are actively engaged in selecting their treatment goals. The research clinician will work with the participants to identify five specific, measurable real-world goals using a standardized semi-structured interview, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. Three of these will be training goals, two will not be trained but evaluated post-intervention for evidence of generalization and transfer to non-trained tasks; ii. A global problem solving approach is used (Goal- Plan- Do- Check). Participants are guided by the trainer to apply this strategy to their goals.
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Psychosocial Education
n=9 Participants
The active comparator uses an information-based format and is designed to engage participants without providing any specific training techniques or strategies. During weekly sessions, participants will receive factual information on brain structure and function, age-related cognitive changes, and general brain health issues and will spend time doing non-specific cognitive exercises including crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Homework will consist of reading assignments related to the session topics.
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DKEFS Trail Making- Condition 4: Number-letter Switching
Baseline
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104.50 Time in seconds
Standard Deviation 43.87
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91.11 Time in seconds
Standard Deviation 19.19
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DKEFS Trail Making- Condition 4: Number-letter Switching
Immediately post intervention (2 months)
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88.40 Time in seconds
Standard Deviation 28.55
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80.56 Time in seconds
Standard Deviation 25.37
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DKEFS Trail Making- Condition 4: Number-letter Switching
3 months post intervention
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94.10 Time in seconds
Standard Deviation 32.70
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84.44 Time in seconds
Standard Deviation 31.33
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Adverse Events
Cognitive Training
Psychosocial Education
Serious adverse events
Adverse event data not reported
Other adverse events
Adverse event data not reported
Additional Information
Results disclosure agreements
- Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
- Publication restrictions are in place