Healthy Aging
Conditions
Keywords
mindful breathing, anxiety, word retrieval
Brief summary
This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the ability to produce words in response to definitions. Participants will watch a video, then see definitions and try to come up with a word that fits each one. Participants will also complete some surveys and other measures. Collected data will give researchers a better understanding of how individuals' personality and cognitive traits and setting in which word retrieval occurs relate to the ability to produce individual words.
Detailed description
This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the ability to produce words in response to definitions. Adult participants ages 18-30 and 65-80 will participate in videoconference calls during which a video is shown and definitions are presented. Participants will try to come up with a word that fits each definition, and then complete some surveys, including some about anxiety, mindfulness, attention, vocabulary, and demographics. Participation will take approximately 1.25 hours. Collected data will be de-identified, and the aggregate data will give researchers a better understanding of how individuals' personality and cognitive traits and setting in which word retrieval occurs relate to peoples' ability to produce individual words.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMindful breathing
Participants watch a 10 minute mindful breathing video
BEHAVIORALControl video
Participants watch a 10 minute control video
Sponsors
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Masking description
Participants in each condition do not know what other participants are doing, nor that there is another condition.
Intervention model description
Participants are randomly assigned to one of two behavioral intervention conditions before performing a word retrieval task
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* fluent speakers of English ages 18-30 or ages 65-80
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Word Retrieval Performance | During the 1.25 hour experimental session | Percent of trials with correct responses and percent of trials that are word retrieval failures will be measured on a task created for this purpose. Specifically, participants will try to provide words that best fit definitions, indicating when a word gets stuck on the tip of their tongue. |
Countries
United States
Participant flow
Participants by arm
| Arm | Count |
|---|---|
| Mindful Breathing Video Participants watch a 10 minute mindful breathing video
Mindful breathing: Participants watch a 10 minute mindful breathing video | 85 |
| Control Video Participants watch a 10 minute control video
Control video: Participants watch a 10 minute control video | 85 |
| Total | 170 |
Baseline characteristics
| Characteristic | Mindful Breathing Video | Control Video | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, Categorical <=18 years | 0 Participants | 0 Participants | 0 Participants |
| Age, Categorical >=65 years | 43 Participants | 42 Participants | 85 Participants |
| Age, Categorical Between 18 and 65 years | 42 Participants | 43 Participants | 85 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 Participants | 0 Participants | 0 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) Asian | 2 Participants | 1 Participants | 3 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) Black or African American | 3 Participants | 4 Participants | 7 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) More than one race | 6 Participants | 9 Participants | 15 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 Participants | 0 Participants | 0 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) Unknown or Not Reported | 0 Participants | 0 Participants | 0 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) White | 74 Participants | 71 Participants | 145 Participants |
| Region of Enrollment United States | 85 participants | 85 participants | 170 participants |
| Sex: Female, Male Female | 58 Participants | 62 Participants | 120 Participants |
| Sex: Female, Male Male | 27 Participants | 23 Participants | 50 Participants |
Adverse events
| Event type | EG000 affected / at risk | EG001 affected / at risk |
|---|---|---|
| deaths Total, all-cause mortality | 0 / 85 | 0 / 85 |
| other Total, other adverse events | 0 / 85 | 0 / 85 |
| serious Total, serious adverse events | 0 / 85 | 0 / 85 |
Outcome results
Primary
Word Retrieval Performance
Percent of trials with correct responses and percent of trials that are word retrieval failures will be measured on a task created for this purpose. Specifically, participants will try to provide words that best fit definitions, indicating when a word gets stuck on the tip of their tongue.
Time frame: During the 1.25 hour experimental session
| Arm | Measure | Group | Value (MEAN) | Dispersion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mindful Breathing Video | Word Retrieval Performance | Percent correct | 41 Percent | Standard Deviation 19 |
| Mindful Breathing Video | Word Retrieval Performance | Percent TOTs | 11 Percent | Standard Deviation 7 |
| Control Video | Word Retrieval Performance | Percent correct | 37 Percent | Standard Deviation 18 |
| Control Video | Word Retrieval Performance | Percent TOTs | 11 Percent | Standard Deviation 7 |