Cross-cultural comparisons of cognitive test performance in elderly Turkish immigrants, German and Turkish nationals

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00017380

Enrollment

Registered

2019-05-28

Start date

2019-05-29

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

F00 F03 F06.7

Interventions

Group 1: German patients diagnosed with dementia. The participants will be tested by using three cognitive screening tools.They will be tested for once and the single-testing session is expected to l

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

50 Years to 90 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Diagnosis of AD type of dementia Turkish immigrants: being born in Turkey and whose mother tongue is Turkish German natives: Being born in Germany and whose mother tongue is German

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: History of neurological and psychiatric illness (except depression), current known alcohol/drug abuse, head injury resulting in >5 min of loss of consciousness, learning disability, heart attack in the last 12 months, brain tumor

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Turkish immigrants living in Germany, Turkish nationals and German nationals will be included in the study and will be compared between each other by using three cognitive screening tools. These tools are the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) and Transkulturelles Assessment mentaler Leistungen (TRAKULA).Specifically, the comparison of Turkish immigrant and Turkish national groups may give an insight into the impact of the acculturation level and bilingualism status on cognitive test performance. The comparison between the German and Turkish nationals may provide helpful information on the cultural differences in cognitive test performance.	—

Measure

Time frame

Turkish immigrants living in Germany, Turkish nationals and German nationals will be included in the study and will be compared between each other by using three cognitive screening tools. These tools are the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) and Transkulturelles Assessment mentaler Leistungen (TRAKULA).Specifically, the comparison of Turkish immigrant and Turkish national groups may give an insight into the impact of the acculturation level and bilingualism status on cognitive test performance. The comparison between the German and Turkish nationals may provide helpful information on the cultural differences in cognitive test performance.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The results of this study can reveal whether culture and immigration related variables (e.g. acculturation and bilingualism) affect performance on cognitive screening tools.	—

Countries

Germany, Turkey

Contacts

Public ContactSimge Celik

Network Aging Research, Heidelberg University

celik@nar.uni-heidelberg.de06221548134

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026