Study design and participants
Memory loss scale [, memory loss
The REFRAME study was an RCT conducted at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. Participants were recruited from the community using advertising (e.g., flyers, email outreach, postings on transit lines) and through official registries (e.g., ResearchMatch). Inclusion criteria were: ≥ 55 years of age, literate in English, resident in Illinois, elevated fear and avoidance of memory loss defined as a score of > 60 (75% percentile) on the Fear and Avoidance of Memory loss scale [The study was carried out in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki). Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to beginning the study. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at Northwestern University, Chicago, in March 2021 (ref: STU00214078). The study is reported according to CONSORT reporting guidelines.