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Maintaining Cognitive Health in Aging Veterans

NCT02023944 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2019-05-31

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Summary

Interventions aimed at disseminating information about cognitive aging and lifestyle factors that contribute to successful cognitive aging, in addition to providing broad cognitive skills training, may improve the psychological wellness and day-to-day functioning of the aging Veteran population. This 12-week course aims to teach older Veterans (age 50+) about brain aging, lifestyle factors that contribute to successful aging, and techniques that can boost cognition in daily life.

Conditions

  • Healthy People Programs

Interventions

OTHER

Memory and Aging Course

This is a 12-week course that will provide participants with an understanding of what normal and pathological aging processes look like. It will also provide participants with methods to maintain healthy lifestyles as they continue to grow older.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Maureen O'Connor, PsyD · Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-11-01
Primary Completion
2017-11-01
Completion
2017-11-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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