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Effect of Tablet-Based Games on Executive Functions in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment

NCT05468424 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2024-01-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to investigate whether a tablet-based role-playing game is more effective than tablet-based word or image puzzles at improving executive functions in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. The secondary objective of this study is to investigate whether a tablet-based role-playing game will show higher levels of engagement (measured by time played) in older adults with mild cognitive impairment than tablet-based word or image puzzles.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

tablet (iPad or android) based role-playing game

The intervention is a tablet (iPad or android) based role-playing game called FarmVille. In FarmVille the player assumes the role of a farmer tasked with tending to crops and farm animals and using what is produced to craft goods which can be sold to expand the farm. The participant is required to play FarmVille for 5 or more hours a week for 8 weeks.

OTHER

tablet (iPad or android) based word puzzles and image puzzles

This intervention is a selection of tablet (iPad or android) word puzzles and image puzzles. One word puzzle involves "word making" (i.e., making words from a set of random letters), and the other "word searching" (i.e., finding words on a grid of letters). One image puzzle is Flow Free, a game that requires the player to connect pairs of same coloured dots positioned on a grid ranging from 5x5 to 9x9. The other image puzzle is a jigsaw. The participant is required to play these games for 5 or more hours a week for 8 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • John Puxty

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John Puxty, MD · Providence Care Hospital

  • Nicole Anderson, PhD · Baycrest Academy

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-11-03
Primary Completion
2024-06-24
Completion
2024-06-24

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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