Structured frontal lobe based cognitive stimulation to older adults with depressive symptoms but without dementia or mild cognitive impairment

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR1900027029

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2019-10-29

Start date

2019-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-11-04

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Conditions

depressive symptoms

Interventions

Control group:watch health videos

Experimental group:computerized cognitive training

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

55 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Community-living Chinese individuals aged 55 to 75 years old with subjective cognitive decline and comorbid depressive symptoms will be recruited through elderly social centres in Hong Kong

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: non-Chinese ethnicity; living in care homes; having history of stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinsons disease, MCI, or clinical dementia; scoring Hong Kong Chinese version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (HK-MoCA) =25 (i.e. the cutoff score for MCI in young old with high educational level); taking drugs that affect cognition (e.g. benzodiazepines, anti-dementia medication, etc.); having history of bipolar affective disorder, psychosis, or substance abuse; already attending other cognitive or psychological intervention programs; and having significant impairments in vision, hearing or communication

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
severity of depressive symptoms;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Cognitive performance;Blood inflammatory markers;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactAllen Ting Chun LEE

Chinese University of Hong Kong

allenlee@cuhk.edu.hk+852 26076026

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 7, 2026