Memory Problems Perceptions Among Patients and Accompaniers During Diagnosis Process :
- Conditions
- Alzheimer DiseaseMemory Disorders
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Psychological questionnaires
- Registration Number
- NCT02299154
- Lead Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
- Brief Summary
This study aims to prospectively examine the memory problem perceptions of patients with memory complaints \[MCs\] and their accompaniers during the diagnostic process.
- Detailed Description
Through the french adaptation of the "illness perception questionnaire memory", this study aims to prospectively examine the memory problem perceptions of patients with memory complaints \[MCs\] and their accompaniers during the diagnostic process. The investigators plan to recruit 125 patients with MCs who come for the first time at the Research and Resources Memory Center in Nancy, France. Participants have to express MCs and must be free of dementia diagnosis at the first visit. Participants also need to be accompanied by an accompanier and both have to be fluent in French. This study has been approved by our local Ethics Committee (Committee for the Protection of Persons) and the French Health Security Agency. After giving their informed consent, patients and accompaniers are followed up throughout the diagnostic process with three visits : at their first visit, at one month after the first visit, and at six months after the diagnosis disclosure.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 250
For patients with memory complaints:
- Age over 18 years
- Have a memory complaints with a QPC score greater than or equal to 3
- Be accompanied by a next of kin
- Folstein MMSE greater than or equal to 15/30
- Have given their written consent after receiving clear and intelligible oral and written information
- Social security coverage
For Accompaniers :
- Age over 18 years
- Consent to participate at the study with the patient
- Have given their written consent after receiving clear and intelligible oral and written information
- Social security coverage
- Be in contact with the patient at least 8 hours per week. It could be physical contact or telephone contact.
For patients with memory complaints:
- Sensory deficit interfering with the completion of the questionnaires
- Level of French insufficient to complete the questionnaires
- Legally protected person
- Diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders already established
- Treatment for Alzheimer Disease
- Refusal or inability to obtain written informed consent form from the patient
- Included in another experimental study at inclusion visit
For Accompaniers:
- Sensory deficit interfering with the completion of the questionnaires
- Level of French insufficient to complete the questionnaires
- Refusal or inability to obtain written informed consent form from the accompanier
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Accompanier Psychological questionnaires psychological questionnaires Patient with memory disorders Psychological questionnaires psychological questionnaires
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Memory problems perceptions of patients and next of kin during diagnosis process Baseline and 6 months after diagnosis disclosure How patients and accompaniers perceive memory problems at the first visit in a Memory Center to 6 months after the diagnosis disclosure, with the Illness Perception Questionnaire Memory
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Psychometric properties of the french adaptation of the Ilness Perceptions Questionnaire - Memory (IPQ-M, Hurt et al. 2010) Baseline, 1 month later and 6 months after diagnosis disclosure Psychometric properties of IPQ-M by a traditional approach and by comparison to another french memory complaint questionnaire
Impact of the memory problems perceptions on mood and well-being Baseline and 6 months after diagnosis disclosure Correlation between memory problems perceptions at the IPQ-M, levels of anxiety (STAI-Y), depression (MADRS), quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF) and coping strategies.
Differences of memory problems perceptions and coping according to level of cognitive disorder at the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) Baseline and 6 months after diagnosis disclosure
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University Hospital of Nancy ,CHU Brabois, France
🇫🇷Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France