Open AccessRecruitment and Screening Methods in Alzheimer’s Disease Research: The FIT-AD Trial
Author(s) -
Susan Greimel,
Jean F. Wyman,
Lin Zhang,
Fang Yu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series a, biological sciences and medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/glab092
Subject(s) - dementia , randomized controlled trial , medicine , clinical trial , physical therapy , outreach , alzheimer's disease , disease , cognition , intervention (counseling) , gerontology , psychiatry , political science , law
Recruiting older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia into clinical trials is challenging requiring multiple approaches. We describe recruitment and screening processes and results from the Functional Improvement from Aerobic Training in Alzheimer's Disease study (FIT-AD Trial), a single-site, pilot randomized controlled trial testing the effects of a 6-month aerobic exercise intervention on cognition and hippocampal volume in community-dwelling older adults with mild-to-moderate AD dementia.