The Detection of Early Dementia With the Digital Game Memory

N/ACompletedNCT02041728

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven20 enrolled

Overview

The investigators are going to test if it is possible to detect early dementia with the digital game "memory". The investigators are going to test 15 healthy people and 15 patients with early dementia. The test consists of playing the game "memory" several times. While playing, several parameters are stored. The investigators are going to test if any correlation can be found between these parameters and the cognitive state of the person as tested by the Mini-Mental status examination.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Alzheimer's Disease

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 75 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * healthy 75-plusser * 75-plusser with early dementia Exclusion Criteria: * younger than 75 * patient with other cognitive impairments than dementia

Locations (1)

UZ Leuven

Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Association of cognitive status with failures in a computerised memory game

Failure is defined as the number of trials for the memory task

Time frame: The game will be played once during 10-30 minutes.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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