Plain English Summary
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Trial website
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
2D06013
Study information
Scientific title
Training of cognitive functions in aging population - an interventional single centre controlled trial of effectiveness and use of a memory training program
Acronym
NPV2TP
Study hypothesis
1. To test the effect of a publicly available memory training program on cognitive functions and self-evaluation of the participants, measured by subjective and objective psychological methods
2. To test the effect of this memory training on relevant opinions of the participants' significant others
Ethics approval
The Ethical Committee of Prague Psychiatric Center and Psychiatric Hospital Bohnice approved on the 13th December 2006 (ref: 230/06)
Study design
Interventional single centre non-randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Non randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Other
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Cognitive status
Intervention
The intervention is a lectured memory training program in twenty 45-minute lessons in 9 block in 5 weeks in a large-group setting. It is a program that is available nationwide in the Czech Republic through a network of memory trainers, members of the Czech Society for Memory Training and Brain Jogging. Each session included:
1. Mnemonics theory and practice (mnemonic techniques: categorisation, visualisation, acrostics, acronyms, loci method, chunking, peg word system, names and faces linking method)
2. Theoretical information on brain functioning, ageing and neuroscientific findings (memory processes, hemispheric specialisation, etc.)
3. Various cognitive exercises (visuospatial skills, attention, semantic associations, anagrams, etc.)
4. Healthy ageing tips (e.g. nutrition, mental effort, social activity, physical exercise, etc.)
5. Demanding homework assessment
Both groups had the same schedule of assessments:
Assessment 1: baseline
Assessment 2: 6 - 8 weeks later
Assessment 3: 6 months later
The experimental group started in April 2007 and finished in November 2007. The control group started in December 2007 and finished in July 2008. The intervention followed Assessment 1, for the experimental group only.
Scientific contact details:
Dr Hana Stepankova
Prague Psychiatric Center
Ustavni 91
18103 Prague 8
Czech Republic
Email: stepankova@pcp.lf3.cuni.cz
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Measured at assessments 2 and 3:
1. Objective cognitive outcomes, measured using Auditory-Verbal Learning Test, Subtest Logical Memory of Wechsler Memory Scale III, Trail Making Test, Telephone Numbers Test, Shopping List Test
2. Subjective self-evaluation outcomes, measured using Subjective Cognitive Scale, Cognitive Failures Questionnaire and SOS-10
Secondary outcome measures
Subjective self-evaluation outcomes, measured using structured interviews, measured at assessments 2 and 3.
Overall trial start date
02/04/2007
Overall trial end date
31/12/2008
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Community-dwelling senior citizens, aged above 50 years, either sex
2. Cognitively healthy volunteers: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) greater than 26
Participant type
Healthy volunteer
Age group
Senior
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Experimental group: 170; Control group: 90; Total: 260
Participant exclusion criteria
Impaired cognitive or functional status
Recruitment start date
02/04/2007
Recruitment end date
31/12/2008
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Czech Republic
Trial participating centre
Prague Psychiatric Center
Prague 8
18103
Czech Republic
Sponsor information
Organisation
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Czech Republic)
Sponsor details
Karmelitska 7
Prague 1
11812
Czech Republic
+420 234 811 111
info@msmt.cz
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Czech Republic) (ref: MSMT 2D06013)
Alternative name(s)
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, MŠMT, MŠMT, MEYS
Funding Body Type
government organisation
Funding Body Subtype
National government
Location
Czech Republic
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
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Basic results (scientific)
Publication list