NCT02225314.
Trial name or title | Computer‐based cognitive training for individuals with PD‐MCI |
Methods | 3‐arm RCT of computerised auditory and accuracy training vs visual processing and working memory training vs active control (n = 25). |
Participants | People speaking English with a confirmed medical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and meeting established criteria for MCI in PD (Litvan 2012), defined as individuals with performances of approximately 1 to −2 SDs below the mean on at least 2 tests within 5 cognitive domains assessed in clinical neuropsychological evaluations People with dementia are excluded. |
Interventions | Treatment arm 1: computer‐based cognitive training known as Brain Fitness, which consists of 6 types of exercises that train auditory processing speed and accuracy Treatment arm 2: computer‐based cognitive training known as InSight, a computer‐based cognitive training programme that consists of 5 types of exercises that train visual processing and working memory 60 minutes per day, 5 days a week Active‐control training programme: computerised learning programme consisting of 5 programmes (i.e. Wright Brothers, History of Britain, Sister Wendy's American Collection, In Search of Shakespeare, and View the Cosmos) designed to improve knowledge about literature, art, and history. |
Outcomes | Primary outcome: per cent accuracy on cognitive training quizzes (Brain Fitness; auditory processing and accuracy tasks; InSight: visual processing and working memory tasks) Secondary outcomes: PDQ‐39, California Verbal Learning Test‐II Long Delay Free Recall Scaled Score Change Outcomes measured at 3 months. |
Starting date | 19 August 2014 |
Contact information | sklageman@vcu.edu |
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