The Relationship Between Metamemory and Memory in Old Age

NCT02113345 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 082010Deb
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research is to explore the relationship of metamemory and memory of elders and to evaluate the effectiveness of a metamemory cognitive intervention on elders with mild cognitive impairment and low memory self-efficacy.

Conditions

Mild Cognitive Impairment

Keywords

metamemory; memory; mild cognitive impairment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Objective Memory Measures

  change from baseline in Hong Kong List Learning Test, 2nd Edition (HKLLT, Chan, A.S., 2006) for verbal episodic memory

  Baseline, post-intervention at week 16

• Objective Memory Measures

  Change from baseline in Figure Recognition of Memory Assessment Scale (MAS, Williams, 1991) for visual episodic memory

  Baseline, post-intervention at week 16

• Objective Memory Measures

  Change from baseline in Category Verbal Fluency Test (CVFT, categories to be chosen with reference to local studies by published by Chiu, H.F.K. et al., 1997 and Mok et al., 2004) for semantic memory

  Baseline, post-intervention at week 16

• Objective Memory Measures

  Change from baseline in Digit Span and Visual Spatial Span from (MAS, Williams, 1991) for verbal and visual memory working memory

  Baseline, post-intervention at week 16

• Objective Memory Measures

  Change from baseline in Event-based and Time-based Tasks for prospective memory (tasks to be developed with reference to the recommendations of Wilson, B.A. \& et al., 2008)

  Baseline, post-intervention at week 16

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Subjective Memory Measures

  Baseline, post-intervention at week 16

• Subjective Memory Measures

  Baseline, post-intervention at week 16

• Subjective Memory Measures

  Baseline, post-intervention at week 16

• Subjective Memory Measures

  Baseline, post-intervention at week 16

Study Arms (1)

lifestyle counseling

EXPERIMENTAL

Metamemory Cognitive Intervention

Behavioral: Metamemory Cognitive Intervention

Interventions

Metamemory Cognitive Intervention BEHAVIORAL

Metamemory Cognitive Intervention

lifestyle counseling

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Study 1:
• Participants are Chinese elderly of age 65 or above and they speak Cantonese as their primary language. They are to be recruited from a convenience sample of clients who are without cognitive problems and are attending service in the Elderly Health Centres (EHC) of the Elderly Health Service of the Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG).
• Study 2:
• Study 3:
• Suspected MCI participants of Study 2 with below average memory self-efficacy assessed to have MCI (according to operational definition) will be invited and recruited to Study 3 upon consent. In the present research, MCI is defined operationally according to prior local studies and determined with reference to the educational level-adjusted cutoff scores of Chinese Mini Mental Status Examination (CMMSE) and Abbreviated version of Memory Inventory for the Chinese combined (Lam, L. C.W. \& et al., 2005; Lam, L.C.W. \& et al., 2008).

You may not qualify if:

• The presence of currently active medical conditions potentially affecting cognition e.g. vitamin B12 deficiency, hypothyroidism, chronic alcoholism, delirium, and active psychiatric disorders e.g. schizophrenia
• Other conditions that might affect cognitive competency e.g. aphasia, severe visual or hearing impairment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

Research Site

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cognitive Dysfunction

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cognition Disorders; Neurocognitive Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Debbie SK Chow

  The University of Hong Kong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 12, 2014
• First Posted: April 14, 2014
• Study Start: April 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2016
• Study Completion: March 1, 2016
• Last Updated: April 14, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-04

Locations

HK (1)