Brief Assessment of Impaired Cognition

Danish Dementia Research Centre428 enrolled

Overview

The aim is to develop and validate a new brief and accurate case-finding instrument for dementia and cognitive impairment - BASIC

The case-finding instrument consists of four components: a. patient-directed questions, b. supermarket fluency, c. category-cued Memory Test, d. informant-directed questions. The data collection was carried out at five outpatient memory clinics in Denmark

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

428

Conditions

Dementia

Interventions

BASICDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Validation

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * fluent in Danish Exclusion Criteria: * impaired eyesight or hearing

Locations (1)

DDRC

Copenhagen, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Brief Assessment of Impaired Cognition (BASIC)

Dementia and cognitive impairment cutoff 20/21

Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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