日常功能干预试验 (EFIT) 协议:一项随机临床试验
Lesley A Ross1, Courtney Fine1, Abigail T Stephan1
1Clemson University, Department of Psychology and Institute for Engaged Aging, 418 Brackett Hall, Clemson, SC 29631, United States.
Contemporary clinical trials
|February 1, 2025
概括
日常功能干预试验 (EFIT) 调查了认知训练如何在老年人中保持日常功能. 这项研究使用了新的方法来了解阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症预防认知训练背后的机制.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 临床试验 临床试验
背景情况:
- 保持认知功能和独立对于老年人来说至关重要,特别是在预防阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症 (ADRD) 方面.
- 有用视野训练 (UFOVt) 是一种计算机化程序,可以保存认知和功能,但其潜在机制尚不清楚.
- 日常功能干预试验 (EFIT) 旨在探索这些机制.
研究的目的:
- 概述日常功能干预试验 (EFIT) 的协议.
- 评估潜在的认知,心理社会,生物和生活方式机制,这些机制是UFOVt培训的基础.
- 了解干预转移效应,并指导未来的认知干预设计.
主要方法:
- 这是一项双盲随机对照试验,涉及96名社区老年人.
- 参与者通过笔记本电脑和智能手机远程完成了全面的评估,包括认知,心理社会,健康和生活方式的措施.
- 一个子样本接受了额外的评估,包括MRI和睡眠监测,并在10周内接受培训.
主要成果:
- 数据收集发生在基线,测试后和三个月的随访,每天通过智能手机进行评估.
- 参与者被随机分配到认知训练组或积极对照组.
- 探索性多层次建模将用于分析数据.
结论:
- 埃菲特结合了新的功能,如生态瞬间评估和远程数据收集.
- 该研究评估了培训前,培训期间和培训后的调解者,一次针对一个认知领域.
- 这些发现将提高对干预转移效应的理解,并为未来的认知干预策略提供信息.
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