NCT05444114

What Makes People Better at Describing Photographs?

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 22 August 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Mental Exercise in Healthy Aging in 182 participants. Completed in 23 May 2023.

Timeline

22 August 2022

Primary endpoint
23 May 2023

23 May 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	basic science
Enrollment	182
Start date	22 August 2022
Primary completion	23 May 2023
Estimated completion	23 May 2023
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Mental Exercise

Conditions studied

• Healthy Aging — all drugs for Healthy Aging →

Sponsor

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Who can join

Adults 18 to 80, any sex, with Healthy Aging. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Speech Rate Primary · During the 40 to 60 minute experimental session

Average number of words per second spoken

Group	Value	95% CI
Mindful Breathing Condition	2.12	± 0.41
Control Condition	2.20	± 0.35

Speech Fillers Mid-Phrase Primary · During the 40 to 60 minute experimental session

Average number of mid-phrase speech fillers as a percentage of words spoken

Group	Value	95% CI
Mindful Breathing Condition	1.5	± 1.4
Control Condition	1.6	± 1.5

Speech Fillers Other Primary · During the 40 to 60 minute experimental session

Average number of speech fillers not in the middle of a phrase as a percentage of words spoken

Group	Value	95% CI
Mindful Breathing Condition	4.4	± 3.0
Control Condition	4.4	± 2.1

Repairs Plus False Starts Primary · During the 40 to 60 minute experimental session

Average number of repairs plus false starts as a percentage of words spoken. These two measures reflect the same underlying process so are summed together; indeed, one or the other term is sometimes used to indicate both measures.

Group	Value	95% CI
Mindful Breathing Condition	1.3	± 0.9
Control Condition	1.9	± 1.1

Repetitions Primary · During the 40 to 60 minute experimental session

Average number of repetitions as a percentage of words spoken

Group	Value	95% CI
Mindful Breathing Condition	1.0	± 0.9
Control Condition	1.4	± 1.0

Sponsor's own description

This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the ability to provide verbal descriptions of photographs. Participants will perform a brief mental exercise, then see three photographs with instructions to describe each thoroughly. Participants will also complete several other surveys and measures. Collected data will give researchers a better understanding of how different variables relate to speech production.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.