Mild cognitive impairment Mental and Behavioural Disorders Cognitive impairment
Conditions
Interventions
Baseline fMRI measures will be obtained before a course of psychotherapy in patients in the experimental group receiving psychotherapy, and patients in the control group receiving standard care. After
Sponsors
Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Psychotherapy: 1. Diagnosis of MCI according to the criteria suggested by the International Psychogeriatric Association expert conference on mild cognitive impairment 2. Living with a spouse or partner 3. Ability to create of a conversation in English aiming to develop ?a mutual feeling language? based on psychodynamic interpersonal concepts 4. Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) above 26 Imaging: 5. Fifteen patients with MCI from the intervention arm and 15 patients with MCI from the control arm as described in inclusion criteria above without any standard contraindications to MR imaging
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Psychotherapy: 1. People not meeting the inclusion criteria 2. Patients/spouses suffering from serious physical conditions Imaging: 1. Patients with standard contraindications to MR imaging, including patients with metal implants, or cardiac pacemakers 2. Patients with psychological distress (e.g. phobias) associated with MR imaging
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical outcomes in routine evaluation | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Geriatric Depression Scale [GDS] 2. Beck?s Anxiety Inventory 3. Marital Intimacy Scale in Dementia 4. MMSE 5. QUAL-AD 6. RSQ and RQ-Attachment | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed