Maintaining Cognitive Health in Aging Veterans
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Healthy People Programs
In brief
Interventions aimed at disseminating information about cognitive aging and lifestyle factors that contribute to successful cognitive aging, in addition to providing broad cognitive skills training, may improve the psychological wellness and day-to-day functioning of the aging Veteran population. This 12-week course aims to teach older Veterans (age 50+) about brain aging, lifestyle factors that contribute to successful aging, and techniques that can boost cognition in daily life.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02023944
- Run by
- VA Office of Research and Development
- People needed
- 50
- Starts
- 2013-11-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-05-31
Who can join
Age: 50 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Veterans age 50 and older who are concerned about their memory.
- Veterans age 50 and older who want to learn about memory processes.
You may not qualify if…
- Participants will be excluded if they display impairment on a cognitive screening measure, as determined using age and education corrected criteria with a minimum 90% specificity (using criteria: Schretlen, Testa, and Pearlson, 2010) as follows:
- Age Education MMSE Cut-off Specificity Sensitivity
- 51-55 / 26 or <
- 56-60 / 25 or <
- 61-65 / 25 or <
- 66-70 / 25 or <
- 71-75 / 23 or <
- 76-80 / 23 or <
- 86+ / 22 or <
- Or self or informant reported diagnosis of a brain disorder affecting cognition such as Alzheimer's disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Parkinson's disease, other dementia, stroke, or brain injury or diagnosis of a major mental illness such as major depression, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder; active alcohol or substance abuse.
Where it is running
- Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA — Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
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