Digital Interventions for Cognition, Wellbeing, Stress, and Sleep in Older Adults
This study is looking at how a digital meditation app called MediTrain affects thinking skills (cognition), well-being, stress, and sleep in older adults. It's designed for people aged 60 to 85 who are generally healthy, can walk comfortably, and have normal vision and hearing. The study aims to see if using MediTrain for 30 minutes a day over 6 weeks can improve cognitive abilities, especially for those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and lead to better sleep. Success will be measured by changes in attention, sleep quality, and stress levels over time. The current recruitment status is unclear, but 90 participants are planned.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study with 90 planned participants. It is designed to collect pilot data.
- What's involved
- You would use the MediTrain app for 30 minutes daily for 6 weeks. You would also wear a wrist-worn multi-sensor watch and use a Sleep Profiler device at home to record data.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your progress will be checked at the start, immediately after the intervention, and again 6 months later for some participants.
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Studying the Effects of Digital Interventions on Cognition, Wellbeing, Stress, and Sleep in Older Adults
At a glance
Conditions
NCT06633978
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, Californiano site contact published
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- David A Ziegler, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of California, San Francisco
- Christine Walsh, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of California, San Francisco
Who to contact
This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov
What this trial measures
- Mean change on the Continuous Performance Task (CPT) over timebaseline, immediate follow-up, and at a 6 month follow-up in a subset of participants
- Mean change in sleep qualitybaseline, immediate follow-up, and at a 6 month follow-up in a subset of participants
Mean change in sleep quality (i.e., total sleep time / time in bed, therefore this measure incorporates latency to sleep onset, total sleep time, wake after sleep onset and early morning waking, with higher numbers associated with better sleep) over time \[Time Frame: baseline, immediate follow-up, and at a 6 month follow-up in a subset of participants\]
- Mean change in measures of stress reactivity over timebaseline, immediate follow-up, and at a 6 month follow-up in a subset of participants
Measures of heart rate variability (HRV) and electrodermal activity (EDA) while participants perform a stress-inducing task