Healthy older adults G20
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Cross-sectional study with patients with Parkinson's disease (Group 1).
Group 2: Cross-sectional study with patients with Parkinson's disease (Group 2).
Sponsors
Uniklinik KölnMedizinische Psychologie | Neuropsychologie und Gender Studies & Centrum für Neuropsychologische Diagnostik und Intervention (CeNDI)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
50 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for patients: Inpatient stay in in cooperating hospitals (Beelitz, Kassel, Marl). Diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease without cognitive impairment or with mild cognitive impairment. Age: above 50 years. Ability to follow test instructions and to complete questionnaires. Unimpaired or corrected vision and hearing. German as mother tongue or very good language skills. Inclusion criteria for healthy older adults: No neurological or psychiatric disorders affecting the current cognitive status. Ability to follow test instructions and to complete questionnaires. Age: above 50 years. Unimpaired or corrected vision and hearing. German as mother tongue or very good language skills.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion Criteria for patients: Life-threatening comorbid conditions, acute suicidality, severe cognitive impairment/dementia according Level-I testing (MMSE < 25). Exclusion Criteria for healthy older adults: Neurological or psychiatric disorders affecting the current cognitive status, life-threatening comorbid conditions, acute suicidality, severe cognitive impairment/dementia according Level-I testing (MMSE < 25).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Visuo-cognition including the following three subdomains: visuo-perceptual, visuo-spatial and visuo-constructive abilities. Data will be assessed using the follwoing neuropsychological tests: Visual Object and Space Perception Battery, Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure, Benton's Judgment of Line Orientation, The Executive Clock Drawing Task (Subtest 1 and Subtest 2), Leistungsprüfsystem (Subtest: Spatial Rotation). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sociodemographic data (age, sex, education) Global cognition: Mini Mental Status Examination, Executive functions: : Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer´s Disease (CERAD+) Trail-Making-Test B, Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised: Digit Span Forward & Backward. Language: CERAD+ Semantc Word Fluency, CERAD+, Phonematic Word Fluency. Memory: CERAD+ Word List Learning and Recall. Attention: CERAD+ Trail-Making-Test A, Stroop-Test. Language: CERAD+ Boston Naming Test. Depression: Geriatric Depression Scale. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactHannah Liebermann-Jordanidis
Uniklinik KölnMedizinische Psychologie | Neuropsychologie und Gender Studies &Centrum für Neuropsychologische Diagnostik und Intervention (CeNDI)
Outcome results
None listed