Aging, Cognitive Impairment, Sleep
Conditions
Keywords
Sleep health, Healthy lifestyle, Behavioral intervention
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to design a sleep and mindfulness intervention to improve sleep, quality of life, and cognitive function among older adults.
Detailed description
The proposed R34 planning grant will the design and adapt a sleep, mindfulness, and sleep disorders education intervention entitled to cognitively unimpaired older adults residing in housing facilities. Novel, social network techniques will be used to identify opinion leaders who will assist with message dissemination. This grant will adapt content from an existing, evidence-based Sleep Health Program to the needs of older adults. In addition, the adapted Sleep Health Program will be coupled with Mindfulness content then disseminated in a small pilot study to ascertain feasibility and acceptability of the proposed novel social network approach for deploying the adapted Sleep Health and Mindfulness Program in a planned R01. The data collected in this R34 will include qualitative interview and usability interview data where cognitively unimpaired older adults will be recruited and asked to provide input to the messages and approach. Target outcomes will also be collected in the planned pilot, including survey responses to sleep, sleep disorders evaluation/care, quality of life, and cognition. Finally, FitBit data will also be captured for 2 weeks at several time points during the pilot study (baseline, 2-months, and 6-months).
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSleep health and mindfulness intervention
This educational, healthy lifestyle intervention will include several modules detailing sleep health and mindfulness strategies. In addition, opinion leaders will be identified in the population to help diffuse messages through each housing facility.
Sponsors
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
55 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Older adults (age 55 years of age and above) residing in residential facilities.
Exclusion criteria
* Severe cognitive impairment according to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Time it takes to recruit | Baseline, 2-months, and 6-months | Time it takes to recruit participants into the study |
| Sessions attended | Baseline, 2-months, and 6-months | Average number of sessions the participants attend. |
| Proportion of participants who complete the program | Baseline, 2-months, and 6-months | Proportion of older adults who complete the program. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The score of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) | Baseline, 2-months, and 6-months | The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) contains 19 self-rated questions which measures seven aspects of sleep: (1) subjective sleep quality, (2) sleep latency, (3) sleep duration, (4) habitual sleep efficiency, (5) sleep disturbances, (6) use of sleeping medication, and (7) daytime dysfunction. The 19 self-rated items are combined to form seven component scores, each of which has a range of 0-3 points (0 indicates no difficulty, while 3 indicates severe difficulty). The seven component scores are then summed to yield one global score, with a range of 0-21 points (0 indicating no difficulty, and 21 indicating severe difficulties in all the seven areas of sleep quality). |
| The Score of the Dementia Quality of Life (DEMQOL) | Baseline, 2-months, and 6-months | The Dementia Quality of Life (DEMQOL) instrument is a 28-item self-reported measure related to health-related quality-of-life (HRQL) in patients with dementia. The DEMQOL takes cognition, negative emotion, positive emotion, social relationships, and loneliness into consideration. |
| The Score of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) | Baseline, 2-months, and 6-months | The MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) test is scored out of 30 points, and a score of 26 or above is generally considered normal. A score of 26 or below may indicate some degree of cognitive impairment. The specific cutoff score for determining impairment is 26. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
Primary ContactChidera Ejikeme
Backup ContactRebecca Robbins, PhD
Outcome results
None listed