Start:
February 2012
End:
September 2013
Enrollment:
90
The investigators will examine whether cognitive stimulation through daily conversation will have positive effects on cognitive functions among the elderly. Face-to-face communication will be conducted through the use of personal computers, webcams, and user-friendly Internet programs that allow participants to have conversations while staying at home.
Minimum Age: 70 Years
Maximum Age: N/A
++No dementia ++Willing to participate in daily conversation using Internet/webcam with interviewers for 6 weeks++Willing to monitor daily conversational amount using a digital recording device++Willing informant who has frequent contact with the participant
++Major illness or disabilities that interfere with using the audio/video technology++Dementia++Mini Mental State Examination score of less than 24 at screening++Geriatric Depression Scale score of more than 4 at screening
Contact study personnel listed either under the general study contact or the location nearest you.
Contact NIA’s Alzheimer’s and related Dementias Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center at 800-438-4380 or email ADEAR.
Lead: Oregon Health and Science University
Collaborator Sponsor
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01571427
An official website of the U.S. government, managed by the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health