Personalized Sensory Stimulation: Urban and Rural Dementia Care

Sponsor
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Study ID
NCT07778277
Status
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Conditions

  • Acoustic Stimulation
  • Cognitive Training
  • Dementia
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Precision Medicine

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
60 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Digital personalized intervention system (active setting) — DEVICE
    Participants will receive auditory stimulation using the gamma auditory stimulation device (active setting) during cognitive training activity for 1 hour per day, 2 days a week, over 12 weeks, for a total of 24 hours.
  • Gamma auditory stimulation device (active setting) — DEVICE
    Participants will receive auditory stimulation using the gamma auditory stimulation device (active setting) during cognitive training activity for 1 hour per day, 2 days a week, over 12 weeks, for a total of 24 hours.
  • Gamma auditory stimulation device (sham setting) — DEVICE
    Participants will receive auditory stimulation using the gamma auditory stimulation device (sham setting) during cognitive training activity for 1 hour per day, 2 days a week, over 12 weeks, for a total of 24 hours.

Study Details

As Taiwan transitions into a super-aged society, rising dementia rates have severely strained long-term care systems. Although current daycare centers provide multi-modal programs, they remain limited to behavioral training, lacking precise interventions targeting brain function and neuroplasticity or integrated non-invasive neuromodulation technologies. Furthermore, urban-rural disparities in resources, staffing allocation, and tech experience hinder practical deployment, with empirical research remaining scarce. Addressing this gap, this study investigates a smart brain health promotion model combining personalized gamma music stimulation and cognitive training for mild cognitive impairment and dementia, while evaluating its feasibility across diverse care settings.

Key Dates

First listed
Aug 21, 2026
Start date
Sep 20, 2026
Status verified
Mar 2026
Primary completion
Sep 20, 2026
Completion
Sep 20, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
90 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Urban High-Tech Experimental Group
    This intervention includes music and personalized gamma auditory stimulation, delivered via a digital intervention system in urban daycare centers.
  • Experimental: Urban Low-Tech Experimental Group
    This intervention includes music and personalized gamma auditory stimulation, delivered via earphones in urban daycare centers.
  • Sham Comparator: Urban Control Group
    This intervention includes only music and is delivered via earphones in urban daycare centers.
  • Experimental: Rural High-Tech Experimental Group
    This intervention includes music and personalized gamma auditory stimulation, delivered via a digital intervention system in rural daycare centers.
  • Experimental: Rural Low-Tech Experimental Group
    is intervention includes music and personalized gamma auditory stimulation, delivered via earphones in rural daycare centers.
  • Sham Comparator: Rural Control Group
    This intervention includes only music and is delivered via earphones in rural daycare centers.

Primary Outcome Measure

Change score of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) [ Time Frame: baseline (T1), through intervention completion, an average of 3 month (T2) ]

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