N/A N=68 Randomized Basic Science

Everyday Memory Intervention

Aging

Bottom Line

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Enrolled (actual)

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

May 2024

Primary outcome: Primary: Everyday Memory Failures — 0.55; 0.62 average daily number memory failures/day — p=.67

Study Design & Population

Study type: Interventional
Phase: N/A
Interventions: Everyday Metacognitive Memory Intervention (Behavioral); Memory Strategy Control Intervention (Behavioral)
Age: Older Adult · 70+ yrs
Sex: All
Sponsor: Georgia Institute of Technology
Primary completion: Dec 2021

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Everyday Memory Failures	0.55; 0.62	.67
PRIMARY Prospective Memory Lab Contacts	2.8; 3.0	<.47
PRIMARY Prospective Memory Lab Contact Efficiency	4.4; 4.2	< .13
PRIMARY Everyday Cognition Simulation Task: ATM Task (Number of Errors)	9.08; 10.14	.57
PRIMARY Czaja Everyday Cognition Simulation Task: Prescription Refill Task (Number of Errors)	9.29; 8.44	.72
PRIMARY Free Recall Test	0.27; 0.31; 0.37; 0.44	< .69
PRIMARY Associative Recall Test	0.52; 0.53; 0.55; 0.66	< .037 sig
PRIMARY Story Recall	30.8; 29.7	.69
PRIMARY Everyday Cognition Simulation Task: ATM Task (Time in Seconds)	852.10; 902.10	.63
PRIMARY Czaja Everyday Cognition Simulation Task: Prescription Refill Task (Time in Seconds)	590.50; 579.90	.81
SECONDARY MFQ Memory Complaint (Frequency of Forgetting Scale)	4.9; 5.1; 5.0; 5.0	< .14
SECONDARY PBMI Specific Memory Self-Efficacy	0.65; 0.71; 0.72; 0.73	.037 sig
SECONDARY PBMI Memory Control	0.79; 0.80; 0.90; 0.89	< .33
SECONDARY MCQ Internal Scale	1.92; 2.01; 2.31; 2.26	< .20
SECONDARY MCQ External	3.34; 3.28; 3.38; 3.30	< .20

Summary

Evaluates an intervention designed to improve everyday memory function, contrasting people receiving the intervention with a group that receives traditional memory strategy training.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

70 - 85 years of age
in fair to good health
free of major neurocognitive impairment
English speaking
endorsed Smartphone and computer users (or willing to learn)

Exclusion Criteria

diagnosis of any major neurological problems (e.g. stroke, Parkinson's disease, dementia)
1.5 SD below age-normed mean (or lower) on the TICS
low computer and smart phone literacy
and poor self-rated health.

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04088136). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.