Preoperative Cognitive Screening of Elderly Surgical Patients
Completed
Conditions studied: Cognitive Impairment
In brief
The objectives of this pilot study are: 1. to determine whether a short cognitive test battery administered in the preadmission test center can be used to cognitively stratify elderly patients presenting for elective surgical procedures. 2. to evaluate the cost of cognitive screening in the preoperative testing center in terms of time and finances. 3. to evaluate patient perceptions about the use of preoperative cognitive screening and their outcome expectations from their surgical procedure. Subsequent investigations may evaluate whether preoperative cognitive screening is a predictor of postoperative morbidity and mortality in elderly surgical patients and whether a short cognitive screen administered in the preadmission testing center could be used to identify individuals with baseline cognitive impairments that should be refered for more formal cognitive evaluation.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01826825
- Run by
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- People needed
- 200
- Starts
- 2013-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-04-14
Who can join
Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients 65 years and over were enrolled either to be screened with the Clock in the Box or MiniCog cognitive screening tools
- Exclusion Criteria:.
- Patients under age 65 Patients with visual or hearing impairments that are not corrected Patients who do not speak and read English Patients having a formal diagnosis of dementia Patients with scheduled surgical procedures affecting the brain or cerebrovasculature (i.e. intracranial neurosurgery, carotid endarterectomy).
Where it is running
- Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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