RecruitingNCT05481749

Neuropsychological Assessment Of The Oldest-Old Population.(NEUROPSIC-GR)

Neuropsychological Assessment Of The Non-institutionalized Oldest-Old Population. Multicenter Normative Study.


Sponsor

Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf

Enrollment

120 participants

Start Date

Feb 14, 2023

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

Neuropsychological tests currently considered to evaluate the cognitive performance of the oldest-old population (more than 80 years) are not adapted to this group population. This trial aims to determine the normal limits for this group population of a set of 18 neuropsychological test. Results may improve the diagnostic cognitive evaluation of this population.


Eligibility

Min Age: 80 Years

Inclusion Criteria4

  • or more years old
  • Residence at Comarca del Garraf
  • Able to be transfered to study center
  • Sufficient reading and writing capacity to carry out the neuropsychological tests, at the evaluator's discretion.

Exclusion Criteria8

  • Patient at end-of-life situation or with a very short life expectancy (days-weeks).
  • Hospital admission in the previous 3 months.
  • History of relevant mental illness: major depression, psychosis, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  • Disease of the central nervous system with possible cognitive impairment: Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, brain tumor, stroke with cognitive impairment, epilepsy, severe traumatic brain injury.
  • History of alcoholism or substance abuse.
  • Severe sensory deficit that prevents performing neuropsychological tests, at the discretion of the evaluator.
  • Positive Shortened Spanish Informant Questionnaire for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly questionnaire (SS-IQCODE) or Lobo's Cognitive Mini-examination Test (spanish adaptation of Minimental of Folstein test) with a score < 23 (20 in people with low schooling or illiteracy).
  • Dementia criteria according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV.

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Locations(6)

Centro de Salud Les Roquetes-Sant Pere de Ribes

Sant Pere de Ribes, Barcelona, Spain

Centros de Salud Sitges

Sitges, Barcelona, Spain

Centro de Salud Vilanova i la Geltrú 1

Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain

Centro de Salud Vilanova i la Geltrú 2 Jaume I

Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain

Centro de Salud Vilanova i la Geltrú 3 Baix A Mar

Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain

Centro de Salud Sant Pere de Ribes

Sant Pere de Ribes, Barcelone, Spain

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