cognitive impairments in old age
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Patients in geriatrics and geriatric traumatology will be examined at two points in time:
- within the first two days, depending on their capacity to consent, using a delirium scale, the new
and
- after stabilization, at the earliest one week after the initial assessment, via the new procedure, MMSE, Schulmann's clock test, and the Extended Barthel Index (EBI).
In the period between the
Sponsors
Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg - Theodor Fontane
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Inpatients and day patients of a geriatric clinic and a center for geriatric traumatology - Good understanding of the German language - Adequate hearing - Adequate language skills - Adequate visual acuity (MMSE and clock test) - Adequate motor skills (MMSE and clock test) - Ability to provide information and consent, or consent of the legal representative
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Inadequate ability to cooperate or be examined due to delirium - Inadequate ability to be examined due to very poor general condition, severe pain, or other symptoms (severe exhaustion, extreme fatigue, etc.) - Known intellectual disability - Acute danger to self or others
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Correspondence of the results of the new AssCo 1 procedure with the results of the MMSE collected after stabilization of the patients during the hospital stay and with a synoptic expert opinion | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| ability of individual items to predict therapy-relevant severity of cognitive impairment | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactJan Stöcker
Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg - Theodor Fontane
Outcome results
None listed