Improving the early diagnosis of Alzheimer*s disease and other dementias

Improving the early diagnosis of Alzheimer*s disease and other dementias - IDADO

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON29838

Enrollment

320

Registered

2006-10-30

Start date

2006-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-06-18

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Conditions

dementia mental disorder

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) complaints of decline in cognitive or behavioural functioning (expressed by patient or close relative); 2) age between 50 and 85 years.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) dementia as established by a dementia specialist according to DSM-IV criteria; 2) other brain disease or systemic disease sufficient to cause the complaints and symptoms; 3) current substance abuse or addiction; 4) serious somatic disease or handicap that prevents neuropsychological evaluation; 5) pre-existent mental retardation; 6) contra-indication for MRI scanning; 7) insufficient command of the Dutch language.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Clinical status at follow-up after 2, 4 or 6 years (demented / stable / improved).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Abnormal results of MRI.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results