Planning and optimising a digital intervention to protect older adults' cognitive health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

By 2050, worldwide dementia prevalence is expected to triple. Affordable, scalable interventions are required to support protective behaviours such as physical activity, cognitive training and healthy eating. This paper outlines the theory-, evidence- and person-based development of 'Active Brains': a multi-domain digital behaviour change intervention to reduce cognitive decline amongst older adults.

Methods

During the initial planning phase, scoping reviews, consultation with PPI contributors and expert co-investigators and behavioural analysis collated and recorded evidence that was triangulated to inform provisional 'guiding principles' and an intervention logic model. The following optimisation phase involved qualitative think aloud and semi-structured intervi

SUBMITTER: Essery R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8371874 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature