Language Intervention Training for Cognitive Protection in High-risk Cardio-Cerebrovascular Elderly Population

NCT ID: NCT06898931

Last Updated: 2025-03-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-04-15

Study Completion Date

2026-09-20

Brief Summary

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The global population is aging rapidly, with the number of elderly people with dementia projected to rise sharply, posing significant challenges to quality of life and societal burden.Frequent language switching, such as in interpreting, enhances cognitive abilities by improving attention, flexibility, and memory.Dialect-switching training, similar to interpreting, is a non-invasive method that shows potential for promoting cognitive health in the elderly but remains under-researched.This study aims to investigate the cognitive-enhancing effects of a dialect-switching training program on older adults with vascular risk factors through a six-month intervention.

Detailed Description

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The global population is aging rapidly, with those aged 65+ expected to reach 16% of the total population by 2050. Aging is linked to increased cognitive impairment risks, including dementia prevalence rates of 5%-10% among the elderly in developed countries. In China, the number of elderly with dementia is projected to soar from 7.4 million to 18 million by 2030 without intervention. This trend poses significant challenges to quality of life and societal burden.

Language experiences, particularly frequent switching between languages, enhance cognitive abilities. Interpreting, which demands high-intensity language switching, significantly improves cognitive control and memory. Interpreters' need for rapid language conversion and reliance on attention, flexibility, and inhibition contribute to their cognitive advantages.

Similar to interpreting, switching between dialects and standard language requires high-frequency, high-intensity language conversion. This non-invasive training method is suitable for promoting cognitive health in the elderly. However, its potential benefits for cognitive enhancement in this population remain underexplored.

This study aims to design a dialect-switching training program simulating interpreting and investigate its potential cognitive-enhancing effects through a six-month intervention in older adults with vascular risk factors.

Conditions

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Vascular Cognitive Impairment No Dementia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Rountine

The control group will not receive any language intervention training and will maintain their usual daily routines.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Dialect Interpreting Training

The intervention group will receive a combination of offline and online language-switching training. The offline intervention will last for 2 months, with three training sessions per week, each lasting 1 hour. The training content will simulate the interpreting process, requiring participants to switch and convert rapidly and accurately between two dialects, covering multiple aspects including listening comprehension, oral expression, and information processing. The online intervention will last for 4 months, during which participants will regularly complete exercises through a language training app or website and upload their assignments.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dialect Interpreting Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention group will receive a combination of offline and online language-switching training. The offline intervention will last for 2 months, with three training sessions per week, each lasting 1 hour. The training content will simulate the interpreting process, requiring participants to switch and convert rapidly and accurately between two dialects, covering multiple aspects including listening comprehension, oral expression, and information processing. The online intervention will last for 4 months, during which participants will regularly complete exercises through a language training app or website and upload their assignments.

Interventions

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Dialect Interpreting Training

The intervention group will receive a combination of offline and online language-switching training. The offline intervention will last for 2 months, with three training sessions per week, each lasting 1 hour. The training content will simulate the interpreting process, requiring participants to switch and convert rapidly and accurately between two dialects, covering multiple aspects including listening comprehension, oral expression, and information processing. The online intervention will last for 4 months, during which participants will regularly complete exercises through a language training app or website and upload their assignments.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients aged ≥ 60 years
* High risk of stroke (with ≥ 3 of 8 stroke risk factors, including hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, atrial fibrillation or valvular heart disease, smoking history, obvious overweight or obesity, lack of exercise, family history of stroke, or with transient ischemic attack)
* command of Hangzhou dialect
* Written informed consent available
* Willingness to complete all assessments and participate in follow-up
* Adequate Visual and auditory acuity to undergo neuropsychological testing

Exclusion Criteria

* previously diagnosed dementia
* Suspected dementia after clinical assessment by study physician at screening visit
* Previous history of major head trauma and any intracranial surgery
* Intracranial abnormalities, such as intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage and other space occupying lesions
* Extrapyramidal symptoms or mental illness which may affect neuropsychological measurement
* Severe loss of vision, hearing, or communicative ability
* Patients presenting a malignant disease with life expectancy \< 3 years
* Participation in an ongoing investigational drug study
* Any MRI contraindications
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Min Lou

Prof

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

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Min Lou, PhD, MD

Role: CONTACT

057187783777

Other Identifiers

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Boost

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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