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SeniorWISE: Improving Everyday Memory in At-Risk Elderly

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00094731
First received: October 21, 2004
Last updated: December 9, 2009
Last verified: February 2006
History of Changes

October 21, 2004
December 9, 2009
March 2001
February 2006   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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SeniorWISE: Improving Everyday Memory in At-Risk Elderly
Improving Everyday Memory in At-Risk Elderly

The purpose of this study is to determine whether classes on memory training will help older adults to improve or maintain their daily activities.

Volunteer participants will be randomly assigned to experimental (memory training) and comparison (health promotion) groups. Both groups will learn strategies for successful aging. Participants will be in the study for 27 months and will be interviewed on five occasions for 3 hours per interview. The classroom-based intervention is an 8-session, 1 1/2 hour course designed to teach older adults the use of strategies to improve everyday memory. Strategically-placed booster sessions will be provided to subjects within 3 months following the last class session.
Interventional
Phase 3
Allocation: Randomized
Aging
Procedure: Memory Training
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Completed
260
February 2006
February 2006   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Reside in Austin, Texas or Travis County
  • African, Caucasian, or Hispanic heritage
  • Fluent in reading and speaking English
  • Mini Mental Exam scores of 23-30
  • Pass executive function test
  • Adequate hearing and vision to enable participation in classroom learning
  • Free of Alzheimer's disease or other conditions (e.g., certain cancers) likely to result in mortality before study completion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Under 65
  • Score less than 23 on MMSE
  • Fail the executive function tests
  • Severe sensory losses, hearing or vision, that would prohibit testing or participation
  • self-report a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or other conditions (e.g., certain cancers) likely to result in mortality before study completion
Both
65 Years and older
Yes
Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
United States
 
NCT00094731
AG0008, R01 AG15384
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National Institute on Aging (NIA)
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Principal Investigator: Graham McDougall, PhD, RN University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
February 2006

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