Speech Pattern Evaluation for Alzheimer's Disease Risk
This observational study, called "Speech Pattern Evaluation and Analysis for Knowledge of AD," is looking at how speech patterns might change in people at risk for Alzheimer's disease. Researchers want to see if changes in your speech can be an early sign of thinking and memory problems. You would use an iPad at home to record your speech once a week for 8 weeks, and this would happen each year for three years. The main goals are to see how easy it is to collect speech remotely at home and if it's practical to do so. To join, you must be between 40 and 80 years old and already be part of the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (W-ADRC) or the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention (WRAP) studies. You can have normal thinking abilities or mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
- Study design
- This is an observational study aiming to enroll 165 participants. It is not testing a new medicine but rather observing speech patterns.
- What's involved
- You would complete speech collection sessions and a survey at home using an iPad once a week for 8 weeks, yearly, for a total of 3 years.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- The study will track usability and feasibility of speech collection for 3 years.
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Speech Pattern Evaluation and Analysis for Knowledge of AD
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Kimberly D Mueller, PhD, CCC-SLP · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Wisconsin, Madison
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What this trial measures
- Usability of remote at-home speech collection - objective3 years
Usability will be measured objectively through the TalkTracker mobile application by obtaining compliance metrics (number of tasks completed, total number of errors, number of help requests).
- Usability of remote at-home speech collection - objective3 years
Usability will be measured objectively through the TalkTracker mobile application by obtaining compliance metric of time to completion.
- Feasibility of remote at-home speech collection3 years
Feasibility will be measured through numbers of retention, adherence, and accrual.
- Feasibility of remote at-home speech collection3 years
Feasibility will be measured through sample characteristics, and identification of productive recruitment methods.
- Feasibility of remote at-home speech collection3 years
Feasibility will be measured through identification of productive recruitment methods.
- Usability of remote at-home speech collection - subjective3 years
Subjective measurement usability will be assessed through the System Usability Scale (SUS) given to participants after each 8-week completion period. The SUS is a 7 item questionnaire, with a range of 1 to 5 (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree). Higher scores on questions 1, 3, 5 and 7 indicate lower usability. Higher scores on questions 2, 4 and 6 indicate higher usability.