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Leveraging Behavioral Economics to Understand and Improve Financial Decision Making Among Vulnerable Older Adults

NCT07682740 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2026-07-07

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Summary

This study seeks to test novel informational content / nudge strategies to mitigate financial vulnerability among older adults.

Conditions

  • Financial Exploitation of Older Adults

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Participants receiving informational self-nudges to improve financial decision-making

Participants will be asked to virtually go through financial self-nudging informational content during the week prior to completing behavioral tasks. Self-nudging informational content contains strategies to enhance financial decision-making.

BEHAVIORAL

Control - Participants receiving informational content on healthy eating and physical activity

The control group will be exposed to informational content on healthy eating and physical activity (obtained through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and/or National Institute on Aging webpages).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Abdelaziz Alsharawy, PhD · The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2027-01-01
Primary Completion
2027-12-01
Completion
2027-12-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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