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Impact of Covid-19 on Frequent Social Interaction Through Communication Technologies in the Cognitive Status of Socially-isolated Older Adults

NCT04480112 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 196

Last updated 2021-08-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The current study will examine the impact of frequent social interaction through communication technologies during COVID-19 pandemic in the cognitive status of socially-isolated older adults with and without cognitive impairment. Patients will take place in an experimental crossover study, participants will complete one month of an intervention and one month of as passive control. The goal of this study is to determine: A.) if frequent social interaction through ICT during COVID-19 pandemic will have a significant positive impact in cognitive performance on testing, and B.) how social isolation and cognitive status influence misconceptions around the current pandemic.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Technology based social interactions

Participants will be socially interacting using any available technology with members of the research team.

OTHER

No research related technology based social interactions

No technology based social interactions with the research team.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Boston University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andrew E Busdon, MD · Professor of Neurology at BU School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-06-02
Primary Completion
2021-06-11
Completion
2021-06-11

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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