Robot-assisted Cognitive Training for Lonely Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
Status unconfirmed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Cognitive Change, Cognitive Impairment, Mild, Aging
In brief
This study will use a socially assistive robot to deliver cognitive training in the form of a music (piano) learning intervention to socially isolated older adults with mild cognitive impairment.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04051918
- Run by
- University of Georgia
- People needed
- 50
- Starts
- 2021-10-07
- Expected to finish
- 2023-08-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2022-11-02
Who can join
Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Be able to speak, read and write in English with a high degree of fluency
- Cumulative music learning experience < 3 years
- Able to sit upright for two hours at a time
- Able to see images on a screen at a distance of approximately 20 inches
- Must have independent transportation to and from the Institute of Gerontology, weekly, for 27 weeks
- No hearing impairment beyond what is correctable via hearing aid
- Must have a safe location in the home to store and use an 88-key keyboard + stand and piano bench
- No more than mildly cognitively impaired: global deterioration scale no higher than 2-3; Clinical Dementia Rating Scale no higher than 0.5 (sum of boxes)
- Must have a close companion, family member or loved one who can attend the first and last visit
- Must be capable of providing informed consent (based on responses to questions on study purpose, tasks, benefits, incentives and risks).
- Must have a computer or tablet that is connected to broadband internet, to be used three times over the course of the study
- Must have access to an e-mail account that can be checked three times during the study
You may not qualify if…
- No previous diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or related dementias
- No condition that limits movement of the hands or fingers
Where it is running
- University of Georgia — Athens, Georgia, United States
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