engine oil fumes
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Academisch Medisch Centrum
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Flight attendants with cognitive complaints as determined by Nederlands Centrum voor Beroepsziekten (NCvB), aged between 35 and 50 years (M/F). Control group: healthy volunteers, aged between 35 and 50 years, who have attended less than 1-2 flights lifetime (M/V).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: A history of neuropsychiatric disease, alcohol abuse. Contraindications for MRI (e.g. osteosynthetic material, pacemaker, artificial cardiac valves); claustrophobia.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Differences between both groups in: NPO (cognition, depression and anxiety). MRI outcome: brain volume, neurometabolites (Cho/Cr, NAA/Cr), white matter integrity (FA), brain perfusion (CBF), and difference in brain activation during an executive functioning task measuring planning abilities (Tower of London) and a paired associates task measuring episodic memory. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| N.a. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed