Impact of Covid-19 on Frequent Social Interaction Through Communication Technologies in the Cognitive Status of Socially-isolated Older Adults
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Memory Disorders, Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
In brief
The current study will examine the impact of frequent social interaction through communication technologies during COVID-19 pandemic in the cognitive status of socially-isolated older adults with and without cognitive impairment. Patients will take place in an experimental crossover study, participants will complete one month of an intervention and one month of as passive control. The goal of this study is to determine: A.) if frequent social interaction through ICT during COVID-19 pandemic will have a significant positive impact in cognitive performance on testing, and B.) how social isolation and cognitive status influence misconceptions around the current pandemic.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04480112
- Run by
- Boston University
- People needed
- 196
- Starts
- 2020-06-02
- Expected to finish
- 2021-06-11
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-08-30
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Recent diagnosis from the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center of mild AD (with a recent Mini Mental State Examination score greater than 20)
- Meet criteria for social isolation- a state in which an individual has a minimal number of social contacts and lacks engagement with others either physically or remotely through communication technology.
- English as their primary language
- Have access to either a computer, smart device, or telephone
You may not qualify if…
- Clinically significant depression
- Alcohol or drug use
- Cerebrovascular disease, traumatic brain damage, other degenerative disease (e.g., Parkinson's disease)
- Do not have corrected vision of 20/30 or better
- perform below 80% correct on the speech discrimination test from the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination
- Score below 27 on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
- Score below two standard deviations on any element of the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD) Word List Memory test
Where it is running
- Boston University Alzheimer Disease Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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