Early detection and differential diagnosis of cognitive disturbances in a memory clinic

Recruiting

Conditions: Patients from other diagnosis groups if they are referred to our memory clinic with cognitive disturbances for diagnostic assessment (e.g. patients with depression in old age according to ICD-10 F32/33).
F00
F01
F02
F06
Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere
Other mental disorders due to brain damage and dysfunction and to physical disease
Personality and behavioural disorders due to brain disease, damage and dysfunction
F07
Dementia in Alzheimer disease

Registration Number: DRKS00010215

Lead Sponsor: Ärztlicher Direktor, Vitos Klinikum Gießen-Marburg

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

For the prospective study part: Treatment at the Vitos Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Gießen and Marburg (Vitos Clinical Centre Giessen-Marburg) as inpatient, partial inpateint or outpatient, age > 50 years, ability to consent at the initial examination, indication for diagnostic examination,referral by a medical specialist. For the retrospective study part: referral of a patient to memory clinic by a medical specialist in the time between August 2013 and June 2015.

Exclusion Criteria

For the prospective study part: lack of ability to consent at the initial examination, diagnosed dementia with a duration of > 2 years. For the retrospective study part: no exclusion criteria.

Study & Design

Study Type: observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Longitudinal deterioration of cognition as assessed by changes of the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (= 0,5 points) from the first time of measurement (initial examination in our memory clinic) to the follow up assessments after 6, 12, 18 and 24 months.

Secondary Outcome Measures