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Feasibility of the Glenrose Grocery Game for Cognitive and Functional Outcomes in Older Inpatients

NCT07584408 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2026-05-13

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Summary

Older adults could benefit from computer serious games as a strategy for improving not only their cognitive functions but also their functioning and performance in daily activities, which are often compromised with age. A computer serious game is one designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment. Few computer games had been developed to emulate instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), such as money management (e.g., shopping or paying bills). To fill this gap, occupational therapists at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital (GRH) developed the Glenrose Grocery Game (GGG).

At the time, the game had not yet been tested. Thus, the purpose of this feasibility study was to explore whether playing the GGG as part of the rehabilitation program at the GRH had an effect on specific mental functions (memory and attention), occupational performance in money management tasks, and satisfaction with occupational performance in older adults.

In this study, we compared the outcomes of 7 participants who played the GGG (intervention group) with those of 8 different participants who received the GRH standard of care (control group). Data analysis is being conducted. The results of the study:

Provided clinicians with evidence for implementing the GGG in interventions, which in turn may benefit inpatient clients at the GRH;

Informed stakeholders' decisions about clients' safe discharge and transition to home and community; and

Supported researchers in designing a larger and more robust study.

Conditions

  • Compensation Strategies
  • Serious Games

Interventions

OTHER

Experimental: Glenrose Grocery Game sessions

Participants played the the Glenrose Grocery Game (a serious game), completing meal planning and grocery shopping tasks in a gamified format. Sessions (8 × 30 minutes over 4 weeks) were delivered by trained RAs using tablets or computers.

OTHER

Standard cognitive rehabilitation

Compensatory strategies

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Glenrose Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Alberta

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-06-06
Primary Completion
2020-03-12
Completion
2020-03-12

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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