An observational study in Living Alone, Alzheimer Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment, sponsored by University of California, San Francisco. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 55 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-11-18.
Sponsored by University of California, San Francisco · Observational
The purpose of this study is to better understand the experience of living alone in older age with cognitive impairment.
We recruit adults 55+ living alone with cognitive impairment such as Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment.
This study investigates the priorities and concerns of older adults living alone with cognitive impairment. Participants are interviewed 5 times for one hour in their homes within 3 months at a time that works for them.
The purpose of this study is to better understand the experience of living alone in older age with cognitive impairment. This knowledge is important to design programs that are appropriate. Dr. Elena Portacolone, an Assistant Professor from the Institute of Health and Aging is the study researcher.
Study participants are interviewed by Elena at a time and place convenient to them, usually their home. Interviews are audio recorded and last around one hour. Study participants are interviewed five times within 3 months.
After the interview, a transcriptionist will type into a computer the recording and will remove personal names. The sound recording will then be destroyed.
Participants can stop being in the study at any time.
3,765 studies on the registry are indexed under Alzheimer Disease; 881 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 60 is below the median of 200 across 780 observational studies indexed under Alzheimer Disease.
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Persons over 55 years of age living alone and having a medical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment
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Exclusion Criteria:
Ethnographic interviews
Questions that follow the train of thought of study participants
Time frame: One hour
Plan to share: No
This study is status unknown, as verified in Nov 2023. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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