"Healthy Actions and Lifestyles to Avoid Dementia or Hispanos y el ALTo a la Demencia Program" (HALT-AD)
Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia Prevention
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Dementia focused on measuring dementia, prevention, education, lifestyle modification, digital health
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Signed informed consent must be obtained and documented (from the participant).
- Sufficient proficiency in English or Spanish to undergo clinical assessment and participate in an online educational program.
- Ages 50-85
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment-Telephone/Blind Version (T-MoCA) score ≥18/22
- Technical ability to participate in an online educational program (i.e. ability to operate a computer/tablet and gain internet access; ability to send and receive emails)
- Sufficient vision and hearing to participate in online educational program (judgement of site investigator)
- Ability to sit comfortably for a period of at least 30 minutes
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participants who, in the opinion of the co-PIs, are not able to complete trial procedures or adhere to the schedule of study assessments will be excluded from study participation.
- Individuals where English or Spanish is not sufficiently proficient for clinical assessment, and participation in a web-based educational program.
- Participants who do not have sufficient vision and hearing to participate in an online educational program
- Individuals who do not have the technical ability to participate in an online educational program. Technical ability is defined as ability to operate a computer/tablet and gain internet access; ability to send and receive emails)
- Total Score on the T-MoCA <18
- Individuals who have an advanced degree (e.g. Master's, MD, PhD) in an area related to brain health will not be eligible to participate.
Sites / Locations
- Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS)
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
HALT-AD
This arm includes cognitively normal midlife and older-adult participants with the following inclusion criteria: Signed informed consent must be obtained and documented (from the participant) Sufficient proficiency in English or Spanish to undergo clinical assessment and participate Ages 50-85 Montreal Cognitive Assessment-Telephone/Blind Version (T-MoCA) score ≥18/22 Technical ability to participate Sufficient vision and hearing to participate Ability to sit comfortably for a period of at least 30 minutes A total of 20 participants will be enrolled at UCSD 10 will complete the English version 10 will complete the Spanish version Aim is to recruit 50% women and to enroll a diverse participant sample across varied age ranges within both language groups.