Oral health in patients with cognitive complaints referred to a memory clinic.

Oral health in patients with cognitive complaints referred to a memory clinic. - DeMo study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON57270

Enrollment

100

Registered

2022-02-22

Start date

2022-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-08-18

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Conditions

mondgezondheid Oral health

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 64 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - All patients who referred to the memory clinic of the University Medical Center Groningen because of memory complaints. - Seen at the memory clinic by a geriatrician or specialized geriatric nurse for a diagnostic work up including a CGA.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Patients who unable or unwilling to cooperate with dental screening due to their general condition. - Incapacitated patients

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Due to the exploratory character of the study, the endpoints are only descriptive: - Oral health outcome: Screening and registering of oral health problems such as: caries, periodontitis, masticatory function (is the patient able to eat properly), occlusion (functional units), oral status (dentate/edentulous), dental visits, oral pain.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Whether the recommended oral health care advice was followed. - Composition of oral microbiome.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results