The Digital Memory Notebook

Part of paid clinical trials in Sacramento, California.

Sponsor
University of California, Davis
Study ID
NCT04240665
Status
Enrolling By Invitation

Conditions

  • Mild Cognitive Impairment
  • Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease
  • Subjective Cognitive Complaints

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
60 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Digital Memory Notebook (DMN) Application — BEHAVIORAL
    Subjects will be taught to utilize the DMN application through 2-hour weekly sessions for 6-weeks.

Study Details

Compensatory aids (e.g., alarms, calendars) play an important supporting role when completing everyday tasks (e.g., appointments, medication management), and there is a growing body of scientific work suggesting that compensatory training improves daily functioning. However, traditional paper-based calendars and to-do-lists have limitations related to accumulation of information, difficulty retrieving information, and remembering to complete activities. Such limitations may be overcome using a digital format through organized digital files, search functions, and alarms. This pilot project proposes to train older adults at risk for cognitive decline to use the Digital Memory Notebook (DMN), a tablet-based application (app), to support everyday functioning. The primary goal is to obtain preliminary evidence that a 6-week, individual and group-based DMN training intervention results in demonstrable changes in target behaviors (e.g., goal-directed DMN use to support everyday activities) among older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and subjective cognitive complaints (SCC). Participants will complete a curriculum involving 2-hour weekly sessions for 6-weeks. Each week will cover a specific function of the DMN and will include standardized goal-setting and weekly homework targets. Following the 6-week intervention, participants will continue to use the DMN app for 4-weeks to evaluate stability. Participants will complete a questionnaire packet 1 week prior to the 6-week intervention, 1 week after the 6-week intervention, and 5 weeks following the 6-week intervention. MCI and SCC participants will complete separate 6-week individual or group interventions spaced two months apart at UCD.

Key Dates

Start date
Nov 11, 2020
Status verified
Mar 2026
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2022
Completion
Dec 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
20 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Experimental: DMN Intervention
    Subjects will attend 2-hour weekly sessions for 6- weeks. Participants will continue to use the DMN application for 4-weeks after the intervention is complete.

Primary Outcome Measure

Real-time data extracted from the DMN Application [ Time Frame: Change in number of entries assessed weekly from first weekly session through Week 6 weekly session and for 4 weeks after the completion of the last session ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of California, DavisSacramentoCalifornia95817-

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