Cognitive Assessment of Elderly Primary Care Patients

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Conditions studied: Mild Cognitive Impairment

In brief

Most primary care physicians do not screen older patients for cognitive impairment. Identification of cognitive impairment may result in earlier referral for diagnostic work-up and earlier treatment and better patient outcomes. The purpose of this study is to determine whether physicians who receive the results of a cognitive screen use this information in treatment plans and whether this results in better cognitive outcomes for the older patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01492335

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

524

Starts

2006-01-01

Expected to finish

2012-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-01-14

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 65 or over
• Plan to remain a patient of this physician for two years
• MMSE score greater than 18

You may not qualify if…

• Diagnosis of Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, Vascular disease or other dementing disorder
• MMSE score of 18 or less
• Sensory deficit e.g. limited vision or hearing precluding cognitive testing

Where it is running

• University of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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