The purpose of this study is to learn if activities that challenge the brain (mentally stimulating activities) can improve memory and other types of thinking in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment. The study will compare the effects of different methods of mental stimulation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
63
The study will compare the effects of different methods of mental stimulation. The intervention involves 6 classroom-style educational sessions and 10 mental stimulation studies involving computerized memory tasks.
BPRU, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Self-Ordered Pointing Task
Time frame: baseline
Trail-Making
Time frame: baseline
Timed Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
Time frame: baseline
Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test
Time frame: baseline
Self-ordered pointing task
Time frame: immediately after the intervention
Self-ordered pointing task
Time frame: 3 months post intervention
Self-ordered pointing task
Time frame: 9 months post-intervention
Trail-Making
Time frame: immediately after the intervention
Trail-Making
Time frame: 3 months post-intervention
Trail-Making
Time frame: 9 months post-intervention
Timed Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
Time frame: immediately after the intervention
Timed Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
Time frame: 3 months post-intervention
Timed Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
Time frame: 9 months post-intervention
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Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test
Time frame: immediately after the intevention
Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test
Time frame: 3 months post-intervention
Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test
Time frame: 9 months post-intervention
Clinical Dementia Rating Scale
Time frame: baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Digit Symbol Substitution Test
Time frame: baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Digit Span
Time frame: baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Verbal Fluency Test
Time frame: baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Geriatric Depression Scale
Time frame: baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Neuropsychiatric Inventory
Time frame: baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Recollection Task
Time frame: baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
N-Back
Time frame: baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test
Time frame: baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
Time frame: baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Functional Capacities for Activities of Daily Living
Time frame: baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire
Time frame: baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention