dementia
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients visiting a neurologic outpatient clinic / memory clinic with memory complaints and other cognitive disorders who are suspected of dementia and who were consecutively referred by their GP or family physician.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients and spouses / relatives with insufficient vision, audition, paresis of dominant hand, insufficient command of Dutch are excluded. In addition spouses / relatives who see the patient less than once a week or who are demented themselves. No informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Duration of cognitive testing using CAT in comparison with the test duration of the CAMCOG. Diagnostic accuracy of cognitive testing CAT in comparison with conventional cognitive testing (i.e. administering a fixed set of items to every patient). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - | — |
Countries
Netherlands