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The impact of a first cardiac event in middle-aged patients on cognitive functioning, mood and fatigue.

Completed
Conditions
attention and concentration
problems in memory
10082206
10009841
Registration Number
NL-OMON43851
Lead Sponsor
Deventer Ziekenhuis
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

a) First cardiac event requiring in hospital medical intervention, 30-60 years of age.
b) Elective knee surgery, 30- 60 years of age.

Exclusion Criteria

a) psychiatric disorder (history of bipolar disorder or actual psychosis)
b) current use of anti-psychotics
c) chronic pain syndrome,
d) history of contusio cerebri,
e) history of cerebral stroke

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Determination Test for complex information processing (number of correct<br /><br>items). Vienna Test System.</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Presence of cognitive disorder as measured through these cognitive subdomains:<br /><br>1) Speed of information processing:<br /><br>Determination Test, Reaction Time Tests 1, 2, 3 (Vienna Test System),<br /><br>Trailmakingtest A, Stroop color card and Stroop word card.<br /><br>2) Executive function:<br /><br>Zoo-map (BADS), Trailmakingtest B, Controlled Oral Word Association Test<br /><br>(COWAT), Stroop color-word card, Trailmakingtest B.<br /><br>3) Memory:<br /><br>Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT), digit span (WAIS II), category<br /><br>fluency (GIT-2).<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>Presence of potential causal factors:<br /><br>1) anxiety and depression: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)<br /><br>2) fatigue: The Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS)<br /><br>3) cognitive complaints: The Cognitive Failure Questionnaire (CFQ)</p><br>
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